Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

The assembly of the Dharma-Lotus Sutra stressed the
Mahayana aspect. This sutra is the main canon of the
Tian Tai School in which many Mahayana doctrines of
samatha and samapatti were established.
The Avatamsaka Sutra and its assembly have some
relationship to the Vajrayana. In fact, this sutra is
sometimes called the "tantra of exoteric Buddhism." In
it many causations of mystic samapatti are described,
and this process, though not these particular examples,
is taken up and extensively used in the visualizations of
esoteric tantra or Vajrayana.
It is true that all these Dharma assemblies belong to the
Mahayana, but there are still correspondences in our
three-ways-in-one, as our homage is given with these in
mind.
B. Meditations of the Hua Yan School
This school and its meditations originated with the
monk Du Shun and the method generally is called
Dharmadhatu samapatti. This venerable patriarch was
not only well practiced in the meditations he described,
he had attained to their realization. Sad to say, few of
his followers have practiced these methods and most of
the great masters of this school have only had a good
knowledge of the deep philosophy. I doubt very much
whether there is anyone practicing these meditations in
China at the present time. The school has mostly been
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