Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

It would be a mistake to suppose that the Thirty-Seven
Wings of Enlightenment are taught only in the Hinayana,
as they are well known in the Mahayana, too, though
admittedly emphasized more by the former.
5. The most obvious category to consider here are the
Six Paramitas. We can easily see that the first four
(giving, morality, patience, and energy) are preparations
for the fifth, samadhi. This is the usual sequence of
these Perfections, but their order is especially well
expounded in one sutra.
Mr. Chen searched in his notebook where he had
written the Sanskrit name, and found it:
Sandhinirmocana Sutra. In Chinese it is called
Profound and Secret Truth Explanation Sutra. He
jumped up and opened his bookcase, from which he
brought a slim volume. Thumbing through the pages,
he said, "This Sutra is one of the first that I read
when I came to Buddhism. There is a brief story
here."
When I began to practice Buddhism, I was a professor
with very little time even for worship; my puja then was
just to light some incense sticks. I had little time for
reading, either, but what I did read was always done in
earnest. I saw this sutra and thought, "The name is
good," and after reading it, I dreamed one night about
its real aspect. I saw the whole universe above me like a
brilliantly illuminated sky. From the direction of the
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