Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

ordinary desires of human beings, but if we do not so
meditate, then we shall be lured by the "beauties"
perceived by the senses.
f. Reason of function. If one meditates upon this subject
and succeeds, then greed is destroyed.
g. Reason of practical realization. Here we should
consider the spiritual qualities taught in the Yogacara.
(Ch. III, E. 2.) The first is the direct quality of the
Buddha's instructions upon this subject. Secondly, one
meditates upon the common man's thought of the body's
beauty, and compares that with the body's underlying
impurity—this is the comparative quality. Thirdly, one
will realize the impurity and impermanence doctrines at
the moment of the immediate insight when one sees
what states this body has been in through many
conditions. When this is seen, greed is cut off.
h. Reason of Bhutatathata. Whether we do or do not
meditate on impurity, its Dharma-nature is void. We
should not discriminate too much, for purity and
impurity are both sunyata and the Dharma-nature is
inconceivable.
This scheme of eight sections we shall now apply to
each of the other four meditations.
2. The Merciful Meditation (maitri, karuna). This should
be practiced to cure the sorrow of hate.
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