Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

should create as many mind-bodies as there are Buddhas
who sit preaching in their Pure Lands. One should
praise these Lords and Conquerors in many bodies, in
many voices, and in all the languages of the world.
All the Buddhas of the six directions praised Sakyamuni
and his preaching, by extending their tongues, each of
which can cover the entire sky. Even in the resultant
position of Buddhahood, he still does effortless good
deeds in his samadhi. Without his attainment of this
wonderful samadhi, none of these deeds can be
accomplished.
Offerings may be gross outward objects or they may be
subtle mental ones; even for material offerings to have
much result, one must offer them with concentration,
whereas subtle ones cannot be offered at all unless the
mind is concentrated. Making offerings in this way, one
gift may become many, in geometric progression (see,
for instance, App. II, C, 3). One may truly say that a
little practice with a fully concentrated mind far exceeds
in result a great deal of effort with a scattered mind.
With samadhi, much more becomes possible. Before the
Buddha preached he sent away those who could not
receive his message so that they might not have the
chance to abuse it and thereby accumulate evil karma.
From his samadhi attainments, he was able to subdue
the evil forces of demons and to convert those holding
the mistaken notions of Brahmanism. All such deeds are
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