Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

force thus may make all offerings, praise, worshipping,
mantra, and yantra. Karmas of salvation may appear in
unlimited quantities, in unspeakable forms, in various
good ways, and in deepest devotions, by all of which the
spiritual foods for enlightenment are quickly gathered.
Now let us examine these. Among them, the seventh
gate, called "Indrajala Dharmadhatu," is only a simile
and therefore this "meditation" has no particular object.
The meditator should recognize the truth of this simile
and apply it in his practice of the others.
Here Mr. Chen criticized the Hua Yen School on
one point:
They have a volition to make every list ten in number.
Even if this number is not warranted, the required
number of points will be added or subtracted to make
ten. For instance, counting the five sense organs and the
four limbs of the human body, it will be hard to find ten,
so the Hua Yan might add a tail to make up this round
number! I do not like this tendency.
Furthermore, the eighth gate, if examined, seems to be
theoretical, epistemological, not a practical object for
meditation. It is a reason for the other gates and so is
unnecessary in our list for meditation.
Some among the ten points seem multiplied and should
be reduced to only one. Such are numbers two, three,
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