Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

and earnestly should we pray to him, to center all our
aspirations and thoughts upon meditation.
All the principles of meditation are good, so it is
appropriate to pay our homage also to the wisdom-being
named "All-good," the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra. He
established many Mahayana principles; among them are
his Ten Great Vows, practiced by many who follow the
Great and Diamond Vehicles. To these main
Dharma-principles and to his sublime presence, we
should pay very deep and sincere homage, remembering
that in each pore of his skin are worlds without end,
innumerable Bodhisattvas, and infinite numbers of
Buddhas.
Today we worship these two Bodhisattvas and gain
from them inspiration, so that our meditations obtain
grace and we quickly attain Enlightenment.
B. EXPLANATION OF DIAGRAM
In the plan given here, Arya Avalokitesvara represents
the central meditations of the three yanas, while
Bodhisattva Samantabhadra stands for the particulars
related to them around the circumference. According to
this plan, our talk will be regular and systematic.
The small double circle around the center is meditation
itself and contains inside it all the numerous methods to
be found within the Three-yanas-in-one.
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