Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

ut when my guru moved away from that place, I
decided to follow him, and leave everything. My
colleagues and students tried to persuade me to stay, but
my mind was firm, though they were a little displeased.
My father and mother were very old, without work, and
unless I provided for them, they would have no food.
My wife was young and there were other members of
the family to support. But despite all this, I was
determined to follow my guru. Moreover, he knew the
strength of my determination: when some of my
students asked him about me, my guru said, "Mr. Chen's
mind is like a rock!" As a result, the guru gave me the
Seven Days' Great Perfection.
I shall relate one event which occurred while I was with
him. One winter we were living on a mountain and the
snow was very deep. Due to this, the sweeper had not
come to remove the teacher's daily excrement. It did not
seem as though the snow would cease and although my
guru had many monk-disciples and attendants, not one
thought of removing his excrement. So I took it out; it
did not seem an unpleasant task for me to do at all. For
this my teacher was very pleased with me.
Because I had done this, I received great bestowals from
the guru and he it was who caused me to attain the
Enlightened Entity. After experiencing this, I have
always said that Mahayana sunyata is different from
Mahamudra because the former only follows theories
and abstract principles which through samatha are made
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