Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

5. "To disappear form and to manifest nature brightly."
The meaning of this is that the first two natures (or
types of truth: parikalpita—imaginary nature, and
paratantra—dependently conditional nature) are both
destroyed, while the ultimate nature of truth
(parinispanna) remains.
If this process is fully accomplished, then one attains
full enlightenment. But sadly, even the great and learned
Xuan Zang, the founder of this school in China, and his
highest disciples, were not accomplished in the
meditations on the school they taught. As the patriarch
was a scholar, so his disciples have also been only
scholars.
Mr. Chen then related that a recent lay-guru of this
school (which was revived recently in China), Mr.
Ou Yang Jing Wu, although himself very learned in
Mind-only doctrines, had scolded his disciples for
holding a rosary in the hand. "You are here to learn,
not to practice," was this guru's attitude!
This reminded the yogi of another incident which he
then related:
Some years ago, a German Buddhist professor came to
Delhi and there met a Chinese scholar. The former said
to Zhou Xiang Guang, "To learn Buddhism is one thing,
but to follow the Buddha is quite another." He thought
that these two things must be distinguished and pointed
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