Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

the present traditions of Vajrayana in China are all
derived from Tibetan sources. After this brief
explanation, Mr. Chen was kind enough to tell us
something about his Vajrayana Gurus:
While I was working as secretary and teacher of the
Middle school, I met a teacher of the Gelugpa tradition,
Gelu Rinpoche. His teaching in accordance with his
spiritual succession laid great emphasis upon
vinaya-observance and the four foundations of practice.
Since I could not accomplish these while living amongst
my family, I went to live in the shrine of my teacher's
temple. In the course of two or three years, I managed to
complete the first three foundations. That is, I finished
ten myriad prostrations, I went for Refuge ten myriad
times, made ten myriad repetitions of the
hundred-syllable-mantra of Vajrasattva as a confession
of evil. To do all this I used to get up at three o'clock in
the morning and practice until nine when it was time for
me to teach. The fourth foundation of practice I did not
have time to complete in that place for it involves the
offering of the Mandala also ten myriad times. In that
temple I only managed one myriad Mandala-offerings
and am still engaged in finishing this practice. (Of course,
even when these practices are not yet complete it is usual
to take up others more advanced in nature as Mr. Chen
has done.) Because of the good foundations then
established, there have been no obstacles for my practice
later.
My teacher had heard of a great Hermit-guru living in
Jiang Xi Province who followed the teachings of the
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