For instance, Tantric Buddhism distinguishes the three lower tantras (kriya, charya, yoga) and the highest tantra (anut-tarayoga). The lower tantras have specific functions, and each of their rituals is appropriate to a different situation. But their effects cannot be infinitely extended: it is only the highest tantra that involves the transcendence and uplifting of one's life as a whole.
例如，傳統宗教中的密宗就分有下三部密法與無上密法，前者有特殊功能，息、誅、懷、增各有針對的情境，功效不能無限擴張，後者才關連到整體生命的超越與提升。