Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

10. Before attainment of samatha, one's right view is
only of recognition (see Ch. III, E, 3.), but after the
samatha force is experienced, one will be able to get the
third insight, that of feeling, and from this the fourth
insight, inner realization.
11. Even though Chan is not common meditation and
needs neither samatha nor samapatti, yet all the
patriarchs have used the phrase, "You should attain a
time of great spiritual death" before you can do anything
else, and this corresponds to samatha.
12. The Mahaparinirvana Sutra says: "The reason why a
Bodhisattva of the Mahayana receives Full
Enlightenment after a longer time than the Hinayana
Arhat, is because his samatha is not so well developed."
We do not follow the Arhat ideal but in our talk about
meditation must certainly know the great importance of
samatha.
Expanding upon this, Mr. Chen said further:
There are two kinds of Bodhisattvas, one with more
wisdom, and one with more compassion. The latter pay
more attention to the first four Paramitas, doing many
deeds for sentient beings' benefit, and therefore lack
wisdom. With a Wisdom-Bodhisattva (who has
concentrated particularly upon the last two paramitas),
birth-and-death may be cut off at the first Bodhisattva
stage, while the other must wait until he reaches the
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