Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

ii. By knowing the breath as long or short, whether
going in or coming out, we gain the comparative
quality.
iii. When one's breath stops and this corresponds to
samatha, we may attain a deep samadhi of
truth—this is the direct quality.
h. Bhutatathata. Inhaling and exhaling, abiding and
stopping—all are sunyata. Inhalation is bhutatathata and
exhalation is bhutatathata; starting and stopping, all are
Dharma-nature. If we follow this practice, then we too
realize this nature.
H. Should All Five Meditations Be Practiced?
The question is whether they should be individually
chosen according to one's own preferences or
predominant sorrow.
Among the five sorrows, one may be especially strong
in an individual, since everyone is not the same. These
five practices should be varied according to the disease
to be cured, and any predominant illness should be
treated with a greater dose of the appropriate meditation.
However, it is not wise to practice only one and to leave
all the others, as an unbalanced character will result
from such one-sided spiritual growth.
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