10-5 The Real Miracle of Meditation Is a Subtle Transformation
All too often people come to meditation in the hope of extraordinary results, like visions, lights, or some supernatural miracle. When no such thing occurs, they feel extremely disappointed. But the real miracle of meditation is more ordinary and much more useful. It is a subtle transformation, and this transformation happens not only in your […]
10-4 Meditate and Work Without Attachment
I like the Zen story in which the disciple asked his master: "Master, how do you put enlightenment into action? How do you practice it in everyday life?" By eating and by sleeping," replied the master. "But Master, everybody sleeps and everybody eats." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9PWuxxRs0o&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=35&pp=gAQBiAQB "But not everybody eats when they eat, and not everybody sleeps […]
10-3 Experiencing the Illusory Nature of Everything
The best way to experience the illusory nature of things is through visual consciousness. When you close your eyes, you don't see anything and therefore nothing seems to exist; when you open your eyes, everything appears immediately. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCmHFBNK6l4&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=34&pp=gAQBiAQB Hence, what you see is actually generated by your visual consciousness. Why is it that when our […]
10-2 Integrating Meditation Into Daily Life
The method that our teacher teaches us is as follows: Suppose you are going to work, when you wake up in the morning, you should first bring up mindfulness, and then brush your teeth and wash your face. Before you drive out, take a minute or two to cut off your wandering thoughts, bring up […]
10-1 Integrating Meditation Into Daily Life
I have found that modern spiritual practitioners lack the tips of how to integrate their meditation practice with everyday life. I cannot say it strongly enough: to integrate meditation in action is the whole ground and point and purpose of meditation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kugyuy1wrFE&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=32&pp=gAQBiAQB That is, to apply meditation in everyday life. The violence and stress, the […]
9-3 How to Practice Living Meditation?
Meditation may take only a few seconds, or ten or twenty seconds before you carry out daily activities. This incorporates mindfulness into your daily life. In this way, meditation will gradually be an integral part of your daily life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwvG_5hCWMo&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=41&pp=gAQBiAQB Meditation is not limited to sitting there. Wherever you go, you can always be mindful […]
9-2 What Is Meditation?
What is meditation? If you are practicing mindful breathing, then your meditation is mindful breathing. After a period of practice, take a break while maintaining mindfulness. The next step is to be mindful during meditation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDr2bl7Qfdc&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=40&pp=gAQBiAQB Let's take the meditation on multiplicity as an example. Meditate for a while, and then take a break while […]
9-1 Practice and Breaks Are Equally Important in Meditation
Taking breaks makes the mind clearer; when legs are properly crossed, energy flow will rise, which also makes you more alert. Dudjom Rinpoche used to say that a beginner should practice in short sessions. Practice for four or five minutes, and then take a short break of just one minute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTMaxboswKY&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=31&pp=gAQBiAQB “Taking a short break […]
8-5 We Must Realize "All Contaminated Things Are Suffering
Many people enjoy practicing virtue, which is certainly important, as it is the foundation of the path to liberation. However, many people are addicted to practicing virtue and cannot transcend it; even after countless eons, they still can't enter the path to liberation. So, it's really hard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwlVTcdg6Q&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=30&pp=gAQBiAQB Especially, some people have been practicing the […]
Morning Aspiration Prayer
I vow to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings! I vow to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings! I vow to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings! Dear Guru and the Three Jewels, please bless me! Please help me eliminate self-attachment and all selfish habits, and […]