Contemplation: Embrace the Six Forms

After reviewing the guidelines for practice, take the following as your contemplation:

To embrace the Six Forms. The lion represents the character of wholeness, and the five organs, being various and different, represent diversity. The fact that they are all of one dependent-arising represents the character of universality. The eyes, ears, and so on remain in their own places and do not interfere with one another; this represents the character of particularity. The combination and convergence of the various organs makes up the lion; this represents the character of formation. The fact that each organ remains at its own position represents the character of disintegration.

From Fazang's Treatise of the Golden Lion, courtesy of The Zen Site.