Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

Chapter X
HOMAGE TO JETSUN MILAREPA;
PRAJNAPARAMITA, THE MOTHER OF ALL
THE BUDDHAS; AND TO BHADANTA
NAGARJUNA
Part One
ALL THE MAHAYANA MEDITATIONS ARE
SUBLIMATED BY SUNYATA
Autumn had come to Kalimpong; yellow leaves were
falling from the trees and the golden October sun
shone warmly down. On this day, however, some
dark clouds had gathered, the dark clouds of war.
Throughout the morning jet fighters had been
screaming through the heavens. The skies of
Kalimpong, usually so serene, had become
reminiscent of crowded English air near some air
force base.
The boys in the vihara, and no doubt most local
inhabitants, run out excitedly to see these strangers,
but the listener and writer could well do without
such disturbances, which remind them much too
vividly of the last world-wide madness which people
call "World War II." At that time and during all
other wars, greed, hate, and delusion are at their
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