Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

1. the joy of present dharmas—everything experienced
becomes joyful;
2. one experiences pleasurable feelings in the body and
becomes joyful in mind;
3. the ability to do any good deeds one desires to do;
4. the destruction of all evil;
5. the ability to develop supernormal powers;
6. the ability to develop the wisdom of the Buddhas; and
7. the destruction of the foundations of birth-and-death.
Very earnestly, Mr. Chen said:
Meditation is so important that we should lead other
people to think thus. We should endeavor through our
own practice to lead all people to be meditators.
The Dharmakaya is the Universal Truth and the nature
of all dharmas is that of no-self; although we may talk
about centers and outsides, and draw diagrams showing
this, it is not really like this at all. Everywhere is the
center, with no circumference to be found. Any subject
may be the center. If you ask me to talk upon
renunciation, then this subject would be centered upon
by the various points I would use to explain it. By
"center" here is not meant the middle of two extremes.
The center is harmonization, or that which harmonizes
these two extremes.
Mr. Chen got up from his stool and began to play
hopscotch around the room, hopping with great
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