Meditation on the Four Immeasurables
Immeasurable Equanimity Realize that all internal and external, physical and mental worlds are illusory, without inherent nature. Abandon anger toward your enemies and attachment to your loved ones. Treat all sentient beings equally, without partiality or discrimination. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2WWhUih1hg&list=PLG59GFmZzsi7ubJX7uFuvAmuRnDuoydEp&index=11&pp=gAQBiAQB Immeasurable Loving-Kindness Love all sentient beings, offering them happiness and peace, preventing them from falling into sorrow […]
Contemplating the Immense Kindness of the Teachers
When I wander in the wilderness of samsara in the long night, who searches for me with compassionate eyes? It is the spiritual teachers! When I am clouded by ignorance and immersed in a deep dream in the dark night, who wakes me up from my dream? It is the spiritual teachers! When I struggle […]
Guided Vase Breathing & Inner Fire Meditation
Now, let's cross our legs and sit upright. If you can sit in the full-lotus posture, please do so. When we practice the Inner Fire Meditation, there is actually a preliminary practice—Vase Breathing as shown in this diagram. Can you see a vase? When we inhale, we inhale through our nostrils, and the breath travels […]
Guided Meditation on Counting Breaths
When we meditate, we should first sit in an upright posture. We should feel a bit excited, like doing something we enjoy, with a sense of joy. Cross your legs according to your own comfort, and take glasses off if you wear them. After you are seated properly, form the Dhyana Mudra with your right […]
The Seven Point Meditation Posture of Vairocana
A good meditation posture refers to the Seven-Point Meditation Posture of Vairocana. #1: Sit cross-legged. You can choose to cross both of your legs or just one or sit with your legs spread apart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf9MVAyyXk0&list=PLG59GFmZzsi7ubJX7uFuvAmuRnDuoydEp&index=15&pp=gAQBiAQB #2: Keep your body upright. #3: Form the Meditation Mudra, with your right hand resting on top of your left […]
8-4 Don't Be Attached to Meditative Experiences
The real glory of meditation lies not in any method but in its continual living experience of presence, in its bliss, clarity, peace... During meditation, we experience clarity, peace, and joy, instead of drowsiness and distraction. ...and, most important of all, complete absence of grasping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkZulVobrC4&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=21&pp=gAQBiAQB We are not attached to these experiences; instead, we […]
8-3 How Do You Get Out of Drowsiness During Meditation?
Dudjom Rinpoche warns us of another pitfall—drowsiness, which is also difficult to deal with: “On the other hand, in meditation practice, you might experience a muddy, semiconscious, drifting state, like having a hood over your head: a dreamy dullness. This is really nothing more than a kind of blurred and mindless stagnation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8RNdauS2Ac&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=20&pp=gAQBiAQB How do […]
8-2 Maintain Mindfulness During Experiences
Remember what Dudjom Rinpoche said to me when I was in the middle of a very powerful experience: “Don't get too excited. In the end, it's neither good nor bad.” When you experience some extraordinary states, such as seeing the radiant Buddha or an image of the Buddha, or even receiving empowerment and blessings, you […]
8-1 Maintain Mindfulness During Experiences
As you continue to practice (meditation), you may have all kinds of experiences, both good and bad. As you continue to practice meditation, the most noticeable aspect is during dreams. As your meditation practice deepens, you will encounter various states in your dreams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voC4dNtjPWg&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=18&t=18s&pp=gAQBiAQB Just as a room with many doors and windows allows the […]
7-7 Only When There Is No More Distracting Thought Will Ignorance Appear
As mentioned earlier, thoughts can be divided into coarse thoughts, subtle thoughts, and subtler attachments. After coarse wandering thoughts disappear, you may think there are no more thoughts. However, if you calm your mind further, you will discover subtler thoughts and mental distractions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va9hsLKcasM&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=8&pp=gAQBiAQB By penetrating layer by layer, as you progress to a state […]