Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

4. For the preliminary foundations, it is proper to take
them from the Hinayana.
5. According to our three "C"s, we only take teachings
from the former two of cause and course, which will
lead us onward to the third one, that of consequence
(Vajrayana).
6. Though we take our doctrines from separate yanas,
still our whole scheme of three-yanas-in-one is
systematized in a natural sequence and is not according
to any sectarian bias.
Concluding, Mr. Chen remarked:
Some people may want to use the various Buddhist
doctrines in their own way. They might first consider
our system, try it out and see how it works, and then
they may change their minds. In any case, whatever
systematizing is attempted, I advise those who would do
this work to base it on the above six criteria.
Our work deals with the whole system of the three
yanas; here we have only begun with an outline of the
nine meditations and all the correspondences with the
Mahayana and Vajrayana follow after. For this reason,
no summary is made at the end of this chapter.
I most humbly say that this is not the only systematic
way and surely there will be others who will do this
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