Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

Tai Xu's highest disciple was called Mr. Tang Da Yuan,
a professor at the Buddhist University, and he always
followed his master to the lectures he gave. He had a
very great faith and respect for this guru, and was
deeply learned in the Idealist School. Mr. Tang's son
followed his father in the study of Buddhism and the
whole family lived in the Buddhist Association formed
by the Venerable Tai Xu. Unfortunately, the son died
young, but his father did not want to bury him. He
arranged the corpse in the hall of the University and
while his friends and students came and went, he
behaved as though one demented. He told them, "You
should not think that my son is dead! You must think
that he is alive! Everything is interdependent
consciousness, so think like this and then my son will
live!" For some hours he acted as though mad and went
around asking everybody to think in this way.
This is where the Idealist School can be taken in the
wrong way. This is a warning to those who are scholars
only. I would say to them, "Don't be only scholars. You
will not grasp the real truth. Instead of understanding
the complete meaning of the words, you only become a
slave to them! Don't be just scholars, but choose some
meditations as those given in this book, and practice
them!"
If the meditations of the previous chapter are practiced,
then they form the mainstream, and those listed here are
all tributaries; there is certainly no need to practice all of
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