Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

can be made into an atomic bomb. The atom is a
potentiality in its disappearance when the bomb is in
appearance. Both form the complementarity of the
whole entity of truth.
iv. The mystic gate of sovereign power in different and
opposite forms. Wide or narrow (second gate); one or
many (third gate); subtle or gross (sixth gate) may
interpenetrate one another and are freely commutable.
The finger is more narrow than a mountain, it may hide
the mountain in the distance. The atomic bomb is a
destructive, gross matter, but the atom itself is invisible
and almost as subtle as spirit when not broken. The
lungs may occupy 600 square feet when extended, but
they fit inside the body as a part of it. There are about
200,000,000,000 nerve cells in one brain. These are
common examples.
By the power of sunyata, the mysterious and
super-natural maya, though inconceivable, may actually
be realized through this meditation.
v. The mystic gate of the various performances of
separated dharmas in the ten periods. The past, present,
and future each contain three periods. Added to them all
considered as a whole they make up the ten periods. By
the gnostic light, Buddha sees the future and remembers
the past. Time may go in reverse, known today through
Einstein's theories, but the Buddha knew it nearly 2,500
years ago. Such vertical connections interconnect and
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