Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

I could point out increase of digestive powers or the
ability to overcome small diseases without trouble, but
such things should not be sought deliberately, not even
the mental joy one may feel.
The first real benefit is that with meditation one can
establish a central thought upon the Dharma (see Ch. II,
B and Appendix II, A). This is a benefit both of
philosophy (which we can then understand better) and
practice (which we may perform with more
concentration). After all, there are not only benefits to
be gained in the physical and psychic aspects but also in
the realm of philosophy.
We should have a religion incorporating all these
aspects; furthermore, one which also shows how to get
out of birth-and-death. Through Hinayana Buddhist
meditations we can do this.
But we do not want to save only ourselves—there are all
the other sentient beings to be saved, and our ability to
do this depends on our practice of the Mahayana
meditations.
Our actual rescuing them from the three realms comes
with our accomplishment in the Vajrayana.
Persons with the sorrow of lust, or greed, want to get
everything for themselves, so to begin with they have to
learn to desire only their own salvation—nirvana. When
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