Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

each year." Bhante remarked, "In England, such
foods go into the belly, not into the fire!"
Mr. Chen said, "I have prepared a long chapter on
'Troubles and False Realizations,' so we should
start quickly!"
A. Brief Introduction
To begin with, I did not intend to discuss these matters,
as I thought that few of our readers have practiced
meditation extensively. I have laid more stress on the
systematic aspect of our book in order to lay down a
firm basis of right view. Therefore, there is less
emphasis on the practical aspect in this book. However,
you have asked me about the four foundations of
Tantric practice, and this shows me that you at any rate
both like to practice, as well as being scholar-bhiksus,
so I am very much encouraged to give this chapter in
detail. If there are even a few readers who like to
practice, then indeed we should make this chapter very
complete and thorough. Therefore, I have gathered here
all possible troubles and false realizations in the three
yanas. Some of the details are from my own experiences
and others are the precious instructions of gurus and not
given to common persons. Still, some readers may
understand them, so it will be of profit to include them
here. My guru said, "We should not talk to neophytes on
matters of deep realization. One should only discuss
some realizations, hiding away others until one has truly
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