Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

was a Hindu monastery, but I never went there.
On the third day of my meditation, a divinity with a
peculiar face came into my dream-meditation. It was as
though a line ran down the middle of his face and body
giving him a two-sided appearance. He was rough and
pushed against me, at which I meditated upon sunyata
and he vanished.
The next morning I thought, "He may come again
tonight and cause more trouble. What can I do?" Having
an idea that he might be connected with the Hindu
monastery, I took some food and incense and went to
that shrine. Then I saw that the god worshipped there
was my visitor. "Oh, it is you," I said, "I am a Buddhist
and stay in the Buddha's monastery; I did not know that
you were here. Please come to see me again, but do not
give me any trouble."
He came the next night and I was awake in my dream.
This time, however, his face was kindly, not rough as
before. So I asked him, "What is the relation between
Buddhism and Hinduism?" "Brothership," he replied.
"No, no," I said, "You have not yet learned the Buddha's
central idea. Please, you must stay with me so that when
I practice meditation you may learn many things." He
agreed to this and I never had any more difficulty while
I was at Rajagrha.
There is another story about when I came to Kalimpong.
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