Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

disciplines of all three vehicles. If so, he may guide one
through the whole system and one will be saved the
trouble of finding first Hinayana teachers, then going to
others for Mahayana teachings, and finally locating
gurus for the Tantras. Time is also saved in this way, as
it is then not necessary to visit Hinayana lands and then
those where the other yanas are taught.
(Note that, unfortunately, we do not find in the book
here a brief explanation on the Fifth Meditation,
Mindfulness of Breathing. Nevertheless, readers should
be able to find teachings on this from previous
chapters.)
C. Good Wishes
In Chinese, we have a proverb: "Try to learn the highest
and you will gain at least the middle, but try only for
middling attainments and you will gain only the
lowest." Therefore, we hope that to aid Westerners in
this noble endeavor, the Tantric doctrine will spread to
the West and become firmly established there.
Buddhism is well-founded in any country where all
three yanas are combined harmoniously in the whole
system of Buddhist teaching—may this be the case in
Western lands!
Also, may the reading and practice of the doctrines
contained in this book lead to the long life of all its
readers; may they thus all quickly gain Full
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