Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

we get to the First Stage, there is only some feeling
insight (Ch. III, C, 2, c) from the practice of meditation.
But if we have known all the experiences listed below,
then the Vajrayana may be entered. It is much better to
practice first the Hinayana and the Mahayana rather
than plunge straight into practice in the Diamond
Vehicle. Even though one's training is not yet completed
in these yanas of cause, still one may, provided that
good foundations for practice have been laid, go on to
the Vajrayana, because there also some doctrines of the
Hinayana and Mahayana are mentioned. It must be
admitted, however, that most Tibetan teachers do not
pay much attention to them and this neglect of the lower
yanas should NOT be imitated elsewhere.
As we have mentioned before, the first stage of the
bodhisattva path need not first be attained before
making a start with the tantric teaching, but all the
following experiences, which are much easier to come
by, should be known by one undertaking tantric
methods:
1. In the wisdom gained through practice, one attains
some right view of sunyata. This is very important, we
must emphasize.
2. One should at least recognize (but not necessarily
realize) the sunyata of conditions mentioned in the Hua
Yan teachings while practicing the samapatti on the
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