Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

and then he should practice regularly, neither doing too
much, nor too little.
A quick person, quick by nature, may pick up this book,
read it, practice hastily, get some signs, think that he has
realized that meditation, and then stop, which, again, is
very bad.
The worst mental trouble is perhaps the discouragement
of one who has tried to practice without having made
the preparations or having the necessary patience. A
person like this may shrug his shoulders and say, "I
have tried and got nothing!" If one is too earnest in the
beginning, then practice is easily abandoned after a
short time.
The right course of action is to practice and progress
step by step, from the bottom to the heights. If it is
possible, get a good guru who can give sound advice
from his own experiences. An accomplished teacher
will make one see clearly exactly what the Way is; he
will choose suitable meditations and through his grace
one will come to see the Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and the
gods.
Day by day, one may increase one's practice—but not
too quickly. The great yogi Milarepa said:
"Practice slowly, gain sambodhi quickly.
Practice singly, gain dakini duly.
Practice basically, gain samadhi loftily."
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