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 […]
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 […]
7-6 Objectively View Our Thoughts and Emotions
Because your mind is not yet like the ocean; you are just a boat. As beginners, we need to stay away from challenging circumstances and protect ourselves with precepts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVwqqrRVwug&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=7&pp=gAQBiAQB Then during meditation, we need to be mindful and meditate on no-self in person and no-self in phenomena, to deal with afflictive obscurations and cognitive […]
7-5 The Essence of Thoughts and Emotions is the Radiance of Our Mind
The thoughts and emotions of ordinary beings are also the radiance and expression of the very nature of the mind, although mixed with ignorance, karma, and afflictions. Whatever arises, don't see it as a particular problem and don't worry. If you don't impulsively react (don't care about it), if you are only patient, it will […]