Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

make much progress in merging their meditation in
sunyata, as they are overly preoccupied with actions.
For this reason, they may even pass lives totaling a
kalpa of years and still fail to develop a deep
sunyata-samatha; not having this, they can make but
little progress onwards to Buddhahood.
We see from our examination that neither the causation
of dharmas and human beings (in Hinayana), nor the
Mahayana causation-by-no-causation are easily
integrated in the conditions of a bodhisattva's life.
Indeed, the bodhisattva who wants quickly to
experience the functions of salvation must use the
Vajra-vehicle. The methods there in the position of
consequence of Buddhahood make the ultimate
salvation of all beings possible. A Buddha, even while
sitting down, may cause many things to happen, for he
can do everything for beings in the whole Dharmadhatu
through his Vajrayana meditations.
4. Fourth Meditation
This is on the discrimination of the elements, and in the
Hinayana it is the way to cure the sorrow of pride.
Through its practice one comes to know that the whole
of one's personality is just five heaps, the first of which
is form or materiality (and in turn composed of the five
elements), while the other four heaps (of feelings,
perceptions, mental tendencies, and consciousness) are
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