Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

confession and entreaty:
And our yogi wept as he recited this to us:
"I am sincerely sorry. I am just like a deer with many
wounds from a hunter; such are my many unskillful
deeds. Please keep me, O Exalted One, safe from the
beasts of prey of greed, hatred and delusion for at least a
half-hour."
"During the day, I am like a dog forever biting upon a
dry bone and getting nothing but the blood of my own
lips. I ought not to live in this way but I have no choice
as there are others in the family to support. So many of
my hours are as the dog's concern with the dry
bone—wasted—but my time now is of real benefit.
Please help me and protect me so that I may be able to
renounce this fully."
Very earnestly, he should continue:
"I am like a little maggot in a cesspool, for all day long I
do nothing but pursue excrement: my time is given over
only to the gain of worldly wealth. Please help me to
receive some spiritual food so that my meditation may
progress to the attainment of enlightenment."
After his puja, which should establish him in a good
state of mind for meditation, he must sit in the position
as we have described before (see Ch. II, A, 4). A short
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