Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

A Note to the Readers
This book assumes that most of its readers have some
basic knowledge of the Buddha's Teachings and in
particular are acquainted with the tradition of Buddhist
Meditation and Wisdom. A number of books exist where
this subject is treated for the instruction of beginners but
the special merit of this book is that it takes the whole
range of Buddhist thought in its three vehicles (yana) and
shows how these complement each other to form a
unified three-in-one systematic way to Buddhahood. The
meditations of the Hinayana are comparatively
well-known in western lands but knowledge regarding
those of the Mahayana, especially the practice
applications of the perfection of wisdom, is very scanty
indeed, while the West knows almost nothing of
Vajrayana techniques for Full Enlightenment in this very
life. It must be emphasized, as our wise and learned
author has often done, that each one of these chapters
could be expanded into a book, or into many books and
that here, as one might expect in a book of this size, only
a selection can be given of the very vast range of material
dealing with Meditation in Buddhism.
Readers who come new to this subject are therefore
advised to read first the biography of our yogi as he says,
―to get some interest,‖ and then to turn to the conclusion
where a brief summary appears of the contents of this
work concisely presenting our Three-ways-in-one. They
will also find it instructive to read the answers given by
our yogi-author to a number of questions on practical
matters connected with meditation which form an
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