Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

People only wish for something easy nowadays; they do
not want to hear about renunciation and morality, and
this is indeed sad.
Mr. Chen spoke about this with very great feeling,
even in tears.
With my own blood and tears, in every one of my works,
I have stressed the importance of the Hinayana. I have
done everything to promote its practice.
With deep feeling which communicated itself to the
two bhiksus present, the yogi cried out:
If there is no Hinayana, the foundation of the whole
Dharma has gone, and there is no basis for meditation.
If there is no Hinayana meditation, then there is no
progress through the other yanas. Without this progress,
there can be no final realization.
Said the yogi, wiping his eyes:
But there are many people these days who like Tantra or
Chan (Zen) and play at practicing them without so much
as a glance at the basis of these practices. Delusion
leads them to neglect the very foundation of their
meditations.
Tantra and Chan are like the top of a tall building; to
attempt to build only the top without even cutting the
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