Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

Meditation: the impurity of the body—related to
merits.
Between the hours of one and three, the lustful mind is
strong, as the energy currents in the body are flowing
downwards. The meditator should attend carefully to
this practice during these hours in order that no
downward flow of semen results.
Second sitting.
Meditation: Dependent Origination—to penetrate
voidness.
Night: One sitting.
Meditation: Again, mindfulness of breathing, as
this is good for attaining samatha, for developing
samapatti, and for aiding the meditator to get a
good rest.
These instructions are for the person in whom the five
poisons are about equal. Persons with pronounced greed
or hatred should adapt this plan to their own needs.
"However," continued the yogi, "I do not agree with
the six types of character taught by some Hinayana
teachers (but not in the sutras). I have tried to find
these in myself without conclusive success. Much
easier to distinguish, it seems to me, is a scheme of
four character types:
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