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One of the twenty-four original sacred pilgrimage spots of ancient India, frequented particularly by advanced tantric practitioners.  These sacred sites also correspond to various spots within the human body.
For the third division of Dhyana, that which attains the samadhi of noble beings on the path of seeing and onward is called the undefiled dhyana, or the dhyana which delights the tathagatas.  By the power of this you can magically produce countless bodily creations and thus enter the domain of experience of tathagatas, which entails eleven ways of benefitting others.
 
These sites according to one of many (at times varying) lists are:
 
Pullīramalaya - in the head<br>
Jālandhara - on the crown of the head<br>
Oḍḍiyāna - in the right ear<br>
Arbuda - on the back of the neck<br>
Godāvarī - in the left ear<br>
Rāmeśvara - between the brows<br>
Devīkoṭṭa - in the eyes<br>
Mālava - on the shoulders<br>
Kāmarūpa - in the armpits<br>
Oḍra - in the chest<br>
Triśakuni - in the navel<br>
Kośala - on the tip of the nose<br>
Kaliṇga - in the mouth<br>
Lampīka - in the throat<br>
Kāñcī - in the heart<br>
Himālaya - in the reproductive organs<br>
Pretāpurī - also in the reproductive organs<br>
Gṝhadeva - in the anus<br>
Saurāṣṭra - in the thighs<br>
Suvarṇadvīpa - in the calves<br>
Nagara - in the toes<br>
Sindhu - on the upper part of the feet<br>
Maru - in the large toes<br>
Kulutā - in the knees<br>
 
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For the third division of Dhyana, that which attains the samadhi of noble beings on the path of seeing and onward is called the undefiled dhyana, or the dhyana which delights the tathagatas. By the power of this you can magically produce countless bodily creations and thus enter the domain of experience of tathagatas, which entails eleven ways of benefitting others.