Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

a. The Prayoga of correspondence between one's
temperament and the type of practice. This means you
should know yourself very well: a lustful person should
take up the practices on impurity of the body, while one
with a hateful character must practice loving kindness
and compassion.
b. Of habit: samatha must be practiced regularly.
c. Of readiness: one should not linger over outward and
distracting activities. Whatever good works are to be
done, one should finish them as quickly as possible and
go back to the samatha practice.
d. Of noninversion: everything should be accomplished
in accordance with the Dharma and with the proper
respect given to the guru.
e. Of proper time: whichever hindrances arise, know
what is the right cure for each of them and apply these
medicines as necessary; always act at the right time.
f. Of recognition: one must know when to enter samatha,
how long to stay in, and when to come out. All this must
be done at the proper time and by the right method, thus
giving a perfect control of these states.
g. Of not being easily satisfied: it is necessary to be
diligent and so make progress. One should not think of a
little progress as a perfect attainment.
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