Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

most secret teachings and practiced them but he did not
teach them to others.
A story told about this teacher runs like this: he was
envied by some monks who practiced exoteric
Mahayana doctrines, since he carried out the Third
Initiation with many beautiful companions. Once he
invited all these monks to tea. He arranged a cup and a
needle before each visitor and asked them to take the
needles with their tea. Nobody had the courage to do so,
at which he collected all the needles, swallowed them,
and again sent them out from the pores of his skin by his
power attained through the Third Initiation. Afterward,
no one dared speak against him or to feel envy toward
him.
Then Mr. Chen advised:
First, one must practice the lower three parts of the
Tantras and then the Tantra especially taught in Tibet. I
have written a long essay on this subject, entitled "The
Japanese Yogi for His Advancement Should Learn
Anuttarayoga." There I have advised the Japanese
tantrikas to study the Anuttarayoga with the first three
yogas since the Tibetans' emphasis on the fourth tends
to lead to a neglect of these necessary preparations.
Forty years ago, a famous Chinese monk, Da Yong,
took ten of his disciples to Japan, thus exemplifying the
way. At first he studied and practiced in Japan the three
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