Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

seeing at that time my faith in him, put himself in a very
deep concentration and then gave me his bestowal.
When I worshipped him, it was always done with deep
devotion and very slowly.
The yogi rose from his seat and demonstrated.
"Those who are in a hurry or who make prostration
out of habit and without deep faith, just do it like
this."
Standing, he very rapidly raised his hands to his
forehead, slid them down to his chest, dropped down
onto his hands and knees, bringing his forehead to
the ground. Then he rose without straightening his
back, dropped to the ground again; the third time he
did it was even more perfunctory. "With real
reverence," Mr. Chen then said, "Worship slowly.
You saw," he said, addressing the transcriber, "how
I made obeisance to Dhardo Rinpoche when he
came to my hermitage." The transcriber did indeed
see that Mr. Chen's act was one of true devotion,
performed slowly and mindfully. His hands were
raised above the head (signifying the body), brought
to the throat (speech), and then lowered to the chest
(mind). In this way, all three parts of the personality
are employed in showing one's reverence. The
prostration was made slowly. Mr. Chen's arms, from
the elbows to the hands, were completely on the
ground. This is the "small" type of prostration. Mr.
Chen resumed:
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