Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

cause and effect we cannot call it "annihilation."
On the third pair: When we meditate on this and get
some attainment we shall know how to abide in the
same entity with all sentient beings. Then it is possible
to develop the great compassion of the same entity (See
Ch. X, Part Two, 5 and Ch. V, C, 5) which arises
without reference to specific conditions. Too many
scholars studying sunyata doctrines neglect compassion,
so one should practice this meditation to see that others
are not the same as one in conditions, yet are not
different from one in entity. In this meditation, one
recognizes the same entity but at the same time sees that
"you" are "you" and "I" am "I."
"But," said the yogi with real compassion, "one
recognizes this same entity but so many others do
not—one feels great pity for them."
As for the fourth pair: This is to gain an insight into
simultaneity. If one meditates on this pair, then one
gains freedom from the limitations of time, for we must
know that all the three times are the same entity in
sunyata. Truth is to be found in a fourth dimension
beyond space and time, and if we would know it, we
must free ourselves from their limitations. Time, after
all, is quite relative—today is the yesterday of tomorrow,
and is also the tomorrow of yesterday. In sunyata
meditation, the three times all become the same and
besides knowing well the present, one may easily have
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