28.04.2015 Views

Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Consequently, I wrote a poem:<br />

The pigs stay for a few days only<br />

While the old woman asks: "How are they? Fat?"<br />

Should we not reflect on what our mind is fixed<br />

upon?<br />

Should our progress to Enlightenment be delayed?<br />

People only ask about flesh <strong>and</strong> are not concerned with<br />

their realization of nirvana.<br />

33. Going to Bed<br />

Going to bed <strong>and</strong> taking off one's shoes, question<br />

oneself: "Shall I put them on again tomorrow?"<br />

Mentally resolve that one's sleep may be short <strong>and</strong><br />

undisturbed by bad dreams <strong>and</strong> resolve, too, upon<br />

getting up early on the next day.<br />

34. Going to Sleep<br />

When going to sleep, practice the sleeping meditations;<br />

thinking that the entire universe is transformed into the<br />

hermitage, the hermitage into light, light into the body,<br />

the body into the bija-mantra, <strong>and</strong> lastly, this into the<br />

Dharmakaya.<br />

35. Dreaming<br />

786

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!