On Saturday afternoon, the teaching monk introduced the purpose of the centre, then he shared his knowledge about the basic of meditation. Most of the people had thought that meditation is hard, however, after learning the concept of meditation that value more about relaxation and focus more than the method to do it. The participants …
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If you fall asleep, don’t be concerned. It can be a good sign since it shows that you are relaxing well, though perhaps just a bit too well. Take several deep breaths, move your body a little and continue practicing. Many people have a good experience after this step. Take care to also use a …
The Wandering Mind Visits If the ‘wandering mind’ turns up, please don’t pay any attention. Treat it as an uninvited guest. When you don’t pay it any attention, it will leave you. In this way, you can keep continuing focusing to picture, feeling or mantra at your center. The more continuously you can be peaceful …
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Thinking processes are necessary to cope with the environment. In our life from the moment, we wake up each morning, we start to interact with our surroundings. In almost every moment there are signals coming from our five sense organs: eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin. We need to think in order to interpret and …
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If you remember using a microscope or telescope in science class, you will realize how importance of patience needed to tune lenses to obtain a clear picture. It’s similar to when we tune a radio or used to tune televisions to receive a channel. We are used to being careful to tune devices to get …
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According to our practice, the mind has several ‘bases’, or resting places, in the body. When you meditate, you can imagine your object such as a crystal ball, sun, moon or star. Let it become small and move to our nostril. Let it stay at your nostril for a few seconds and then move it …
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When you close your eyes, you will bring your mind to your center of gravity. We know that we can’t simply grasp or catch our mind to achieve this. People don’t even know where their mind is during each moment. The way of knowing where our mind is located is actually very simple. When we …
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Mind has the nature of a soft element. It will be easier to concentrate it at your center when you deal with it softly and gently. We don’t like anyone to force us to do something. We appreciate it so much more when people ask us kindly. It is the same for your mind; never …
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To remind oneself of any good deed that you have done in the past can be also a very good way to start to meditate. In each and every life there are always some moments that we appreciate ourselves very much. It could be any moment you helped somebody with a particular condition and you …
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A Feeling of Vast Space After you relax your body well and you feel really peaceful, you can imagine you are sitting in the middle of a vast space. For example, imagine you are sitting far away from the earth.Around you is emptiness. You are free and alone. You are sitting in the middle of …
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