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Introduction to Buddhist Meditation

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The reason why I meditate is that sometimes when I come up with some emotional disorder of anger or self-deception, I will find myself fall into physical ailments. For example, when I lose in final stage of football match or get rejected by Faculty for the exchange program. The world may become a very dull place when I am ill. These illnesses are possibility due to extreme emotions. Therefore, I think meditation can be used to relax and to control both the emotional and physical effect. In addition, the aim of mediation is to defeat defilement and thought. Without defilement and thoughts, a long-term improvement in health can be achieved by the energy from those illusions such as anger. This is because when my thought is positive, followed actions will be good. When my thought is negative, the actions follow are bad. To start with, I have to change the way I think. The first thing that I have to do is to reform my habit before changing my mental mind. Meditation can remove disturb that annoy me so it can purify my mind as well as put my mind to rest on. Once I can manage to alter my mental habits, my verbal and physical behavior will be changed at the same time and finally attain Buddhahood. I have already followed this schedule for three weeks and will continue for five more weeks to see my progress. Tranquility mediation, sound and body mediation and sitting mediation take place at my home. Walking meditation take place at a park next to my home which is a very quiet place in the morning. Prepare for Meditation My Posture First of all, I will let comfort be my guide. I will keep my body upright and straight like “an arrow”, and adjust my sittings so that no discomfort and pain. It is crucial to find a posture that I can hold for at least 45 minutes as well. In addition, I will wear comfortable clothes and loosen my belt, watch and shoes. Subtle energy is circulated to diminish my mental agitation by keeping the posture. My Legs I will try my best to sit on the tradition position, the full-lotus, which is often considered as the most stable. First, put a low cushion and sit on it and fold my right leg towards myself, pulling it close to my inguinal. Second, bend my left leg above it and with my left foot resting, on my right thigh and near my inguinal. Finally, put my right foot up onto my left thigh and near my inguinal. I doubt whether I can keep this posture for a long time at first, so I will try this for 10 minutes and then keep increase it whenever I feel comfortable and stable to move on. As I mentioned above, it is clear that I should not force myself into a discomfort position or hold it with intense pain. In order to loosen my muscle effectively, I can place my feet shoulder-width apart and keep my knees directly over my ankles while sitting on the end of my meditation seat. Then the ankle of that leg can take a rest on the thigh. It allows the raised leg to lower the position to a comfortable level and support by my hands and lift it and lower it again and again. My Chest, Abdomen and Buttocks I will raise my chest a bit and move it forward at first then sit to make the empty part of my chest to allow my diaphragm to operate freely. I will focus on the attention on my abdomen and avoid any effort to free relief. My buttocks also protrude forward and my back can be easily, comfort ability erects. My Hands The back of my left hand is held at where my legs cross in the full-lotus position. Breathing I follow the rule” When you sit down to meditate, sit comfortably, breathing through you nose”. I need to breath slowly and deeply until I can feel my inhale and exhale working in a cycle without any forced action. As I continue to meditate, my breath becomes finer and finer. My mind is stabilized and quiet to achieve trouble-free state. Mental Attitude The main purpose of meditation is to enable me to be away from t

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