...must not look up nor down; your ears and shoulders shall be balanced straight in line, and also^our nose and navel. Open your eyes as usual, and breathe...existence of your soul right in your left palm. Then your mind will grow into silence as the Buddha upon the lotus-flower— what a pure silence of the...

...hand must be placed on the left leg, and the back of your left hand within your right palm; and both your thumbs must be raised to form a circle. You must...will your mind grow into silence, as Buddha on the lotus flower, floating on the peaceful bosom of the universe, pure from all the sense of life and death,...