Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

11. One sees everyone only as shadows.
12. Not much attention is given towards worldly
reputation and wealth, and such things as gain and loss
affect one very slightly.
13. Though one does many good things which benefit
others, one does not cling to such deeds as merits.
14. One has been inspired by the eight different groups
of gods and is protected by them. In this way one gains
the conditions to help others.
15. One receives from the wisdom of non-guru some
direct instruction.
16. One always feels light and at ease both in mind and
body.
All these are not attained in the first bodhisattva stage,
but one who has practiced as I have outlined here will
already be inspired by his experience of sunyata
acquired through the Mahayana meditations. If all these
sixteen experiences are attained, they are quite sufficient
as a foundation of sunyata to go on to the Vajrayana.
And after such a lengthy and thorough chapter on
The Wisdom Which Goes Beyond, what more could
be said?
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