3-4 The key to eliminating attachment isto have the wisdom of emptiness
We need to practice to be open and natural, without grasping after perceptions. When encountering perceptions, we tend to pursue the suffering of change, while reject the suffering of suffering. This is our instinctive reaction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEK1xNd6w7w&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=12&t=41s&pp=gAQBiAQB0gcJCQwKAYcqIYzv This is hard. It's not easy to deal with our instincts from beginningless time. We can only gradually deal […]
3-3 Why should we keep our eyes open during meditation?
There are several reasons for keeping the eyes open: First, you are less likely to fall asleep. Second, meditation is not a means of running away from the world. Third, it's not disconnecting from the world and entering a trance-like state of consciousness. Closing the eyes can easily lead to trance and immersion in your […]
3-2 Heart center is connected to the eyes through wisdom channels
In our tradition of meditation, your eyes should be kept open: this is a very important point. If you are sensitive to disturbances from outside, when you begin to practice you may find it helpful to close your eyes for a while. Close your eyes slightly, but not completely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a32shD4X36I&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=11 Let your eyelids droop naturally, […]
3-1 Meditation posture is a skillful means
Meditation posture is a skillful means Bring the mind home, but our minds are so wild and distracted that we need a skillful means and some special methods. Posture is one of the skillful means. The posture I'm going to explain to you may differ slightly from others you may be used to. It comes […]
2-4 Meditate without thinking that you're meditating
Sometimes when we meditate, we don't use any particular method. Just as what I've said, "like pouring a handful of sand onto a flat surface". Of course, when starting meditation, it's still necessary to use some methods, such as watching the breath. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3sDZtBk9T8&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=10&t=17s&pp=gAQBiAQB At the beginning, when the mind is distracted, you need to force […]
2-3 Create the right inner environment for meditation
When we meditate, it is essential to create the right inner environment of the mind. All effort and struggle come from not being spacious. When we meditate, we should also have this state: sit, cross our legs, relax completely, with no hindrances in the mind and nothing to cling to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5-02-e1UvU&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=7&pp=gAQBiAQB0gcJCQsKAYcqIYzv When worldly people work […]
2-2 Let go of all attachments
There is a famous saying: "If the mind is not contrived, it is spontaneously blissful, just as water, when not agitated, is by nature transparent and clear." Finally, slip quietly out of the noose of your habitual anxious self. The word “slip” is interesting, as it means to sneak away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTb6wwHJZE8&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=6&pp=gAQBiAQB Because our afflictions will […]
2-1 "Reflecting the light inward" can reveal our true nature
When practicing the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, be mindful of every physical movement clearly and without any emotions. In meditation, there are no emotions. One is mindful of any thought and mental state, as well as any feeling—whether it is the suffering of suffering, the suffering of change, or all-pervasive suffering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xytQfUh38UI&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=5&pp=gAQBiAQB The mind is […]
1-4 Meditation—— Seize the time to meditate
Throughout your life, you're seeking outside of your mind, but can't find anything—just like dreaming, you're toiling in vain. After waking up from a dream, you’ll know that you were toiling for nothing. Whether happiness or fear, whatever is in the dream turns out to be false after you wake up. You were striving in […]
1-3 Meditation—— Awareness needs constant practice
"Training" the mind does not in any way mean forcibly subjugating the mind. From spiritual teachings and through personal experience in meditation practice, the awareness sees directly and concretely how the mind functions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajLPC7L5j5k&list=PLG59GFmZzsi6y0rppKahVNKdTocWEQizP&index=22&t=20s&pp=gAQBiAQB Then you can tame the mind and work with it skillfully, to gradually eliminate delusion. So it's not subjugating them. After […]