The ways or meditational methods fall into four maor categories: methods which "put a stop to calamities," "increase benefits," "engender loving concern," and "vanquish and subdue the enemy."
舉一個例子，在密宗有所謂的「用法」，也稱「事象法」，被認為是可以幫助修持者達成世間願望的方法。