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17.   A   REMARK   ON   CULTIVATION


  1. A   REMARK   ON   CULTIVATION

    17.1   Common Problems in Cultivation

    On the basis of their cultivation, Buddhists may be classified into the following groups. The first group does not understand the importance of practising Buddhism, the second group is ignorant of the fundamental objective of practising Buddhism and the third group does not know clearly how to practise intensively and thoroughly the methods of cultivation. Consequently, though seekers of Dharma are many, yet understanding practisers are comparatively few, and practisers who can realize the mind and the self-nature are still less. These frustrated and depressed Buddhists who are ignorant of the way of Buddhism may be aptly described "to return from the vast Store-house of Treasury empty-handed", and how deplorable this is!


    17.2   The Importance of Cultivation