Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

At that time I was living in a cave and I dreamed one
night that my friend had a shining golden body. At this,
I thought, "Perhaps he has gone to heaven." Later, a
voice in meditation told me that he had died, and so it
was proven. Of course, in achieving his state, he had not
been able to go beyond the three worlds (of desire, form,
and formlessness), and certainly Taoist philosophy
cannot take one beyond these three. As regards his
Buddhist practice, although he was very kind, he had
not yet realized the truth of sunyata, so he could not go
directly to the Pure Land. However, it is true that in
heaven one may remember Amitabha and meditate, thus
gaining rebirth in Sukhavati.
If, even from the worship of a god, one may experience
a blissful death, then what indeed may be the result
from venerating a Buddha?
Another example: My guru in the teachings of
Confucius, Mr. Liu, was a very humble man. He would
never rebuke anyone, but only laughed at his pupils'
mistakes. Every day he practiced calligraphy by writing
out some of the good words of Confucius. He taught us
that when we sat down to write, our bodies should be
erect and our minds concentrated, without wandering
from our task; our whole attitude should be one of
reverence. One Chinese New Year's Day, he had sat
down and with his brush written some auspicious
message for that occasion. He was still sitting there
many hours later, when his family discovered that he
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