Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

The higher the goal desired the more preparation
necessary. The more preparation established the higher
one attains. The sounder the preparation, the earlier one
will gain.
The Dharmakaya is already always prepared in anyone
and in any place, but we must be always awake to it and
making ready by removing obstacles. We should always
be ready.
The passing of spring and summer asks us: "Are you
ready?" Autumn comes, with yellow leaves dropping,
blown down by even slight breaths of wind. They too
are saying, "Are you ready?"
Mr. Chen said in a trembling voice: "And have you
heard the crying of neighbors over a dead child or
an old person? In our ears their crying repeats,
'Ready, Ready?' When black hair becomes gray, it
only questions us, 'Are you ready?' All our
surroundings say this to all of us all the time but
who takes notice? People are always ready for
living but not for dying though it is sure that
everyone must die!"
"Now I shall give you a little poem in Chinese." The
yogi closed his eyes and sang this poem with great
compassion:
"O Lord, why shouldst Thou keep me
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