Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

HOMAGE TO THE BUDDHIST
PROTECTORS, AND TO ALL GODS AND
SPIRITS
Chapter VII
SAMATHA MUST BE PRACTICED TO OBTAIN
THE RESULT OF SAMAPATTI
The writer arrived early and walked up and down in
the sun for a little pacing the small court set into the
hillside at the back of the Hermitage. On the open
ground behind this, Mr. Chen has on many
occasions performed the Buddhist fire-sacrifice at
the request of patrons and upon each Christmas tide.
Today the yogi had not yet left his meditations. After
a short while looking through Mr. Chen's hack
window the writer saw he was now out of meditation
so went and tapped on the door.
Mr. Chen, after his greeting asked about the scroll
the writer carried. I replied that I had bought two
colored prints, one of Guru Rinpoche
(Padmasambhava) and the other of Je Rinpoche
(Tsongkhapa), to send to the new shrine of the
Sangha Association in London. Mr. Chen unrolled
them, approved their workmanship, and then
reverently raised them to his forehead.
Shortly after Bhante arrived and we began the usual
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