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The Confessional Samadhi of the Lotus Sutra, page 21
And when one enters into the Bodhimandala for the first time, one should cultivate all ten of these parts, using them six times a day. Then, only discarding the section on Requesting the Three Treasures, one cultivates the other nine parts for a period of three weeks. When practicing each of these parts, one cultivates their observation. During each of the six times per day one practices this, there should be no inconsistency between the actual practice and the principle. This is called Having Diligence and a Single Mind for Three Weeks.
And when the practitioner cultivates the confession for three weeks, whether one is walking, seated, standing, entering into the Bodhimandala or leaving it to relieve oneself, clean up, bathe, just move about or do some stretching exercises, in all states of mind one should keep the Three Treasures in one's mind. Observing the emptiness of the mind's nature, one does not dwell on the five desires or worldly matters for even an instant.
Upon bearing a mind of false thoughts, speaking with the sophistry of others, or indulging in idleness, sleep, and frivolity, one will be seeing the forms and listening to the voices that make one become attached to sensations that are not good or are unaccountable as being either good or evil. One will then arouse emotional distress and adulterated thoughts, and one will disobey the Four Means of Contentment as taught in the Chapter on The Practice of Peace and Contentment1.
When one is able to keep from disconnecting from the True Spiritual Aspect of Reality, one maintains the continuity of the awakened mind, one is not stingy with one's body or one’s life, and one practices the confession for all living beings, it is called The Cultivation of a Genuine and Real Diligence and Single Mind for Three Weeks.
Many aspects of this practice appear in the Sutra on the Observation of the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue as well as the Chapter on The Practice of Peace and Contentment. If one desires to diligently cultivate Samadhi and make one's practice error-free, one should carefully review the words in these two places of the Sutra.
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Footnote:
1. The Four Means of Contentment as taught in the 14th Chapter of the Lotus Sutra On The Practice of Peace and Contentment: Keeping the Sutra and the Three Treasures in #1 one’s environment and the deeds of the body #2 the words of the mouth #3 the thoughts of the mind #4 the resolve of the will
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