How Thoughts Change During Meditaton
In the ordinary mind, we perceive the stream of thoughts as continuous; but in reality this is not...
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...
Only with a Broad Mind Can We Objectively View Our Thoughts and Emotions
We often wonder what to do about negativity or certain troubling emotions. In the spaciousness of meditation, you...
Look at Where Thoughts Arise
When we begin to meditate, even in the midst of all the confusion (which means scattered thoughts), we...
Right method _ peaceful environment can help us enter meditation
Rest your hands comfortably covering your knees. This is called the “mind in comfort and ease” posture. The mudra...
Meditation posture is a skillful means
Bring the mind home, but our minds are so wild and distracted that we need a skillful means...
Meditation method 3—Reciting a mantra
Reciting a Mantra The third technique is uniting the mind with the sound of a mantra. Mantras convey the great...
Meditation method 2—Using an object
Using an object The second method is to rest the mind lightly on an object. Many people find...
Meditation method 1—Watching the breath
The Buddha taught 84,000 different ways to tame and pacify the negative emotions. To put it simply, “negative” refers...