Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

Bhante here remarked that it was not actually
named by him, but its existence and name were
foretold by the Ven. Chetrul Sengye Dorje, a
celebrated Nyingmapa Lama. This teacher
confirmed the ideas he had already that all the
yanas are complementary and together form a
whole. While many Tibetan teachers think in this
way, few bhikshus outside these regions yet realize
that this is so, thus confirming Mr. Chen's
statement.
Mr. Chen, after this short digression, went on to
speak of the second type, the Buddhist scholar of the
West:
As we mentioned briefly in the last chapter, Western
scholars have written much and translated many
Buddhist texts, but most of them so far have not been
Buddhists, and their interest has been in the theory, not
in the practice of the Dharma. Even those who are
Buddhists often lay little stress upon the practice of
meditation. Buddhist meditation is not only theory—it
requires practice. Therefore, these talks will be
particularly useful to scholars.
The third type is the ordinary layman, who may be
Buddhist or non-Buddhist. Some may have tried to put
the Buddha's teachings into practice, although even
Buddhists can often blunder if they have wrong ideas
and poor instruction. These laymen make up the
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