Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

of the sixth consciousness (as the Idealist school
asserts).
Traditionally, this process was never imparted by the
ancients. However, when one corner of a subject is
shown, the other three corners may be inferred. In the
samadhi of the second form, the Buddha might call to
the meditator: "Without the attainment of vajra-mind,
you are incapable of saving sentient beings."
This is the end of the connection between the second
and the third forms.
After the samapatti in which the vajra-form has been
clearly visualized in the heart in its original size, that of
one's own fist with the thumb pointing upward, one
should practice enlarging it to the size of one's body,
hermitage, the sky, and the Dharmadhatu. This sequence
has been established through the writer's experience
with the following reasons:
1. The Chinese term "Xin" (as we saw earlier) has many
meanings: physically, it denotes the heart;
psychologically, the mind or will; geometrically, the
center; spiritually, the soul or consciousness;
philosophically, essence or truth. Its meaning depends
on context and should be carefully discriminated. To
integrate one's thought with the whole truth, one should
take the word as a whole with all its implications.
However, for other occasions, it should devote its
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