Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

they are followers of the Enlightened One.
(d) Finally, there are many who know about Christianity
but reject it outright. They have the same mind of
unbelief as the first type of person but have come into
contact with some books on Buddhism like the second
group. They have already thrown away such "trifling"
matters as the ten commandments, so that when they get
acquainted with a little Buddhism, they feel no
attraction towards the Buddha's ethical teachings such
as the Five Precepts. Repelled from these they are
drawn to other things. They like the sound of Chan or
Zen, and eagerly endorse views which say it has no
doctrine of causation, or that salvation comes naturally.
They like to read Chan sayings denying the need of
precepts, or any writer who proclaims that in Buddhism
there is no soul and no belief in gods. When they read in
books on the Tantra of Great Lust and Great Pride, this
seems to please them. Finally, they often talk about
there being no need of "little" preparations such as
renunciation, purification and meditation; for, after all,
we are Buddhas already!
This last sort of person is well known among young
people, in America especially. I have many friends,
some of whom I have met, and some encountered
through correspondence, who think and talk in this way.
As there are these four types of persons, I hope we may
give them some good guidance:
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