Kasiṇa Meditation:
Kasina refers to a class of basic visual objects of meditation. In kasiṇa meditation, a mental object (kasina) is used as the object of meditation, being used to keep the mind focused whenever attention drifts.
There are ten kasiṇa:
1.) earth (Pali: paṭhavī kasiṇa)
2.) water (āpo kasiṇa)
3.) fire (tejo kasiṇa)
4.) air, wind (vāyo kasiṇa)
5.) blue, green (nīla kasiṇa)
6.) yellow (pīta kasiṇa)
7.) red (lohita kasiṇa)
8.) white (odāta kasiṇa)
9.) enclosed space, hole, aperture (ākāsa kasiṇa)
10.) consciousness (viññāṇa kasiṇa)
The earth kasiṇa, for instance, is a disk in a red-brown color formed by spreading earth or clay (or another medium producing similar color and texture) on a screen of canvas or another backing material.
Spiritual masters were thought to actually manifest supernormal abilities from Kasiṇa meditation. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasina)
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Loving Friendliness (Loving-Kindness) Meditation: 11 Benefits:
1. You sleep well.
2. You wake up feeling well.
3. You’re not likely to have nightmares.
4. Your body relaxes and your face is joyful.
5. Even animals and celestial beings feel drawn to you.
6. Spirits protect you.
7. Fire, poisons, and weapons will not harm you.
8. Your mind immediately becomes calm.
9. Your complexion brightens.
10. You’ll die with a clear mind.
11. You’ll die in peace.
Learn more: https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/benefits-loving-friendliness-meditation/
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Question (common): How to meditate?
My Answer: There are many methods. Try my method to develop concentration :-
Sit down, Be relaxed like sleeping.
Say "ALL BE WELL" or just "BE WELL ( Suwa Wewa -in Sinhalese)" in your mind ("may all impermanent beings be well/අනිත්ය අය/සියල්ලෝ සුව වේවා" is better to feel both Samatha and Vipassana), say it not slowly not faster, and try to be comfortable while saying it. The speed can make you stressed, so try to protect both normal speed and letting go attitude to reduce the stress.
Give a small concentration to your breathing (just feel it), but don't force it;
Say (ALL) BE WELL like a song, eg (saying "be well"):
BE...(breath goes down when saying "BE...", and then breath can go up and down several times before saying "WE...")....WE...(Breath Continues)...LL...(Same here, and again say 'BE....')..BE...(repeat it again and again).
If you feel that saying just "BE WELL" is too short, then you can say "ALL BE WELL". Take your time, and think nothing else. If you can give a good concentration to those letters then you don't want to concentrate about your breathing.
Many thoughts can come to your mind while meditating, those are the thoughts you need to identify and let go to develop concentration.
Do it for at least 2 hours. It is a very good meditation treatment for your mind and body.. I guess it might be able to lead your mind into a state of Samadhi (Highly focused state). Give at least 2 hours per day for yourself....
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"If you can repeat 'May all impermanent beings be well (අනිත්ය අය/සියල්ලෝ සුව වේවා)' in your dreams or spontaneously from your mind when go to sleep while meditating, I think then you have given the required priority to your meditation. Because if you really like your meditation object, it will come to your dreams. And we can try to bring it into our dreams to give it the priority to make it spontaneous. Because we know that we are dreaming and we can dream the things we like most. I think, connecting the meditation and dreams can help us to give a good concentration to our meditation."
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Question of a friend (Tharindu Jayanetti):
Hi suresh,
Y did u want to create a new meditate method?? There are few method of meditating in buddhism.
My Answer:
Hi, I can explain it. Anapana Sathi (Breathing) Meditation is very difficult. Maitri (Compassionate) meditation is very long. When u concentrate only on breathing sometimes we can't even feel our breath, then it is hard to concentrate. Because Maitri mediation is too long it doesn't help us to develop a Samadhi (Highly focused state of mind), and it takes much time to repeat when we try to say all the parts of it. We can't ignore our breath when we meditate, so I do both Breathing and Maitri mediation at the same time. It really helps me to keep in touch, and to concentrate. But I give more priority to Maitri Meditation.
I just tell "Suwa Wewa (BE WELL)", I mean for everyone and it is very easy to focus on it to develop a Samadhi (Highly focused state of mind). It is very easy and very powerful for me, and it gives very good feelings into my mind and body when I do it.
People don't really relax themselves when they meditate, that is y I told to be relaxed like sleeping. And when we say BE WELL (Suwa Wewa) like a song it helps us to keep in touch with the meditation to focus on every letter of it. I meant we should give more time to say it once to fully concentrate on it.
This is only a Samatha Meditation (a section of meditation which just use to develop concentration and peace of mind). I don't want to change meditation methods, you can use only breathing meditation if you are comfortable with it, and I just wanted to make it easy to do, that is why I used some methods together. We can use any object for our meditation, and there is no limit to meditation. We can do meditation when we walk, eat or bath, and we just have concentrate on it. I hope you will understand.
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Meditation Objects:
Vipassana (Vidarshana) Meditations:
1.) Impermanent, Unsatisfactory, Non-self (Empty/Anatta)
2.) I leave all the changing things which are not mine. / leave all. (වෙනස්වන, මගේ නොවන සියල්ල අතහරිමි. / හැම අතහරිමි) (including thoughts and self / සිතුවිලි සහ මමත්වය ඇතුළුව)
3.) This body is just blood, bones, flesh and illusion, not a living being or a person. (Empty/හිස්) / මේ ශරීරය ලේ ගොඩක් කටු ගොඩක් මස් ගොඩක් හා මුලාවක් පමණි, සත්වයකු හෝ පුද්ගලයෙකු නොවේ.
4.) All (empty) impermanent beings be well / (හිස්) අනිත්ය අය/සියල්ලෝ සුව වේවා.
5.) Enjoying the absence of self (understanding the absence of a permanent Saul and enjoying the absence of self by completely forgetting yourself / Trying to experience Nirvana)
මම කියා කෙනෙක් නැති සුවය විදිමි (තමාට අයිති ස්ථීර ආත්මයක් නොමැති බැවින් දුක සැප සහ තමාව සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම අමතක කිරීම මගින් සුවය විදින බව සිතීම / නිර්වාණ සුවය විදීමට උත්සහ කිරීම)
2.) and 4.) Short-form / කෙටි ආකාරය (as a Mantra/මන්තරයක් විදියට):
2.) Lee..ve..all.. / අ..ත..හ..රි..මී..
(Sound volume should start from 0, and then it should be increased gradually.!)
Lee....e ....e...(..minimum 5-10 seconds gap...e)....ve.....ve....(5 sec.)....o.....o....(5 sec.)....I.....I....(5 sec.)....(repeat..)
4.) O..E..I..B..We.. / හී..ආ..නී..සූ..වේ..වා..
(Sound volume should start from 0, and then it should be increased gradually.!)
O....O ....O...(..minimum 5-10 seconds gap...O)....E.....E....(5 sec.)....I.....I....(5 sec.)....B....B....(5 sec.)....We (way..)....E....E....(5 sec)....(repeat..)
Understand or see (but don't think) from the mind that, O.. = May all; E.. = empty; I.. = impermanent beings; B.. = be; We.. = well.
හී....හී....හී...(..අවම තත්පර 5-10 ක පරතරය...හී)....ආ.....ආ....(තත්. 5 )....නී.....නී....(තත්. 5 )....සූ....සූ....(තත්. 5)....වේ....වේ....(තත්. 5 )....වා....වා....(තත්. 5 )....(නැවතත්..)
අවබෝධ කරගන්න හෝ දකින්න (නමුත් නොසිතන්න) සිතින් මෙහි, හී.. = හිස්; ආ.. = අනිත්ය; නී.. = අය; සූ.. = සුව; වේ.. = වෙනවා/වෙන්න; වා.. = ප්රාර්ථනා කරනවා.
තවත් කෙටි කර : හී.. ආ.. සූ.. වේ.. ලෙස හෝ ආ.. ආ.. සූ.. සූ.. වේ.. වේ.. (අනිත්යදෑ සුව වෙන්න) ලෙස එක අකුරක් දෙවර බැගින් පැවසීම ද අවධානය පවත්වාගැනීම සඳහා වඩාත් සුදුසුය.
Tell that letters in a smooth rhythm, and tell it not only from the mind but also from the mouth to get good results / ඒ අකුරු සුමට රිද්මයකට අනුව කියන්න, එමෙන්ම හොද ප්රථිපල ලබා ගැනීමට සිතින් පමණක් නොව කටින්ද එය කියන්න.
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My practice to be a stream-enterer (Sotapanna - which is the protection till we achieve Nirvana.)
1.) When I see any special thing, I say Suwapath Wethwa (be well).. eg: poor, rich, healthy, unhealthy, good or bad people and etc..
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බුදු රුව දකිනවිට හෝ බුදුන් ගැන සිතන විට: "මාහානුභාව සම්පන්නයි" ලෙස හෝ "මහා කාරුණිකයි" කියා සිතින් සිතීමෙන් සැම විටම බුදුන් කෙරෙහි ශ්රද්ධාවක් ඇති කරගන්න පුළුවන්. වෙනත් විශේෂ සංවේදී අවස්ථාවන් වලදී 'සුවපත් වේවා' කියල පැවසීමත් සිත සකස් කරගැනීමට භාවිතා කරන්න පුළුවන්.
සිත සකස් වී තිබෙන ආකාරයට අනුව පාලනයකින් තොරව අනිසි සිතුවිළි පහල වෙන නිසා සිතත් මගේ නොවන හේතු ඵල ක්රියාවලියක් විතරයි. ඒක නිසා ඒ සිතුවිළි පහළ වෙන අවස්ථා වලදී හෝ ඊට පෙර සිත සංවර කරගැනීමට: "සංවරයි.. සංවරයි.. සංවරයි.." (සිත, කය, වචනය සංවරයි = සාදු සාදු සාදු) කියා සිතින් කියන්න පුළුවන්. විශේෂයෙන්ම අපගේ පාලනයෙන් තොරව සිතට එන සිතුවිලි එම අවස්ථාවේදීම වලක්වාගැනීමට එසේ සිතිය හැක.
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2.) Every time as possible I remind the Vipassana (Vidarshana) Meditations.. eg: non-self and etc..
3.) I think and I determine everything I do as a normal human being (lay Buddhist) is to Develop Samadhi (unattached and still mind).. Some things can be seen as worldly things to people those who see me from outside, but from my mind I use it to calm my mind and to protect relationships which I need to live as a normal human being.. Eg: working, eating, enjoying with family, learning, helping people etc..
4.) As a Buddhist I try my best to make relationships only with those people who try to protect minimum 5 precepts (Pancha Seela). But because of the need of the social relationships I don't expect 8 or 10 precepts from the people around me.
5.) Meditate everyday (10 - 120 minutes), if possible.
6.) Think and imagine to be a stream-entered (Sotapanna) heavenly being for your next life, if you couldn't achieve Nirvana within this life.
7.) Mahasatipatthana Sutta Practice With Loving-Kindness Meditation (briefly).
Accourding to Buddhism we have an illusion about an existence of a permanent soul. The following practice can remove that illusion and then we will not reborn:
Thinking about the Body:
i.) Breathing (process) is not me, not mine. Nor my soul. It is impermanent (anitya), suffering (dukkha), non-self or non-significant-soul (anātma or anattā). May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
ii.) Postures (Eg: stay sitting down, stay standing, stay sleeping) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent (anitya), suffering (dukkha), non-self or non-significant-soul (anātma or anattā). May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
iii.) Behaviors (Eg: walking, eating, dressing, sleeping ) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
iv.) Obnoxiousness and the 32 dirty body parts (hair, flesh, heart, blood, skin, teeth etc) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
v.) Earth (pruṭhavī), Water (āpa), Fire (teja), Air (vāyu), Space (ākāsa) (Primary Elements (dhātu)) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
vi.) Decaying and completely vanishing body (dead body) is not me, not mine. Nor my soul. It is impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
Thinking about the Mind:
i.) Arising and Vanishing Sensations (changing pleasant, unpleasant and neutral sensations) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
ii.) Arising and Vanishing Intentions (Anger, Greed, and Delusion or Ignorance) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
iii.) Arising and Vanishing Sensual desires (Kamachanda), Anger/ill will (Vyapada), Sloth & torpor / Depression (Thinamidda), Restlessness & Worry (Uddhaccha Kukkuccha), Doubt/suspicion (Vicikiccha) (Five Hindrances (nīvaraṇa)) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
iv.) Arising and Vanishing Matter or Form (rupa), Sensation or Feeling (vedana), Perception and/or cognition (sanna), Volition or Mental Formation (sankara), Consciousness (vinnana) (The Five Aggregates Of Clinging (upadana-skandha)) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
v.) Arising and Vanishing combinational results arisen by meeting Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Body, Mind with Form, Sound, Touch, Taste, and Odor or Smell are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
vi.) Seeing the Arising and Vanishing Mindfulness (sati), Investigation of the nature of reality (dhamma vicaya), Energy/determination (viriya), Joy or rapture (preethi), Relaxation or tranquility (passaddhi), Concentration/ Clear awareness (samadhi), Equanimity (upekkha) (Seven Factors of Enlightenment (sapta bodhyanga)).
(Mahasatipatthana Sutta translated briefly by myself (Suresh Madusanka). It is not a perfect translation or a summary, and I recommend the book called "සිත නිවන බුදු බණ" for Sinhala readers. Authors: පූජ්ය කළුගමුවේ නාරද ස්ථවිර, ශාස්ත්රාචාර්ය ජේ.ඒ.ඩී. පෙරේරා)
This is what the Lord Buddha said about the Mahasatipatthana Sutta:
The Results of the Establishing of Awareness:
"Indeed, monks, whoever practices this fourfold establishing of awareness in this manner for seven years, he may expect one of two results: in this very life highest wisdom or, if a substratum of aggregates remains, the stage of non-returner.
Let alone seven years, monks. Should any person practice this fourfold establishing of awareness in this manner for six years, one of two results may be expected in him: in this very life highest wisdom or, if a substratum of aggregates remains, the stage of non-returner.
Let alone six years, monks...
Let alone five years, monks...
Let alone four years, monks...
Let alone three years, monks...
Let alone two years, monks...
Let alone one year, monks. Should any person practice this fourfold establishing of awareness in this manner for seven months, one of two results may be expected in him: in this very life highest wisdom or, if a substratum of aggregates remains, the stage of non-returner.
Let alone seven months, monks...
Let alone six months, monks...
Let alone five months, monks...
Let alone four months, monks...
Let alone three months, monks...
Let alone two months, monks...
Let alone one month, monks...
Let alone half a month, monks...
Let alone half a month, monks.
Should any person practice this fourfold establishing of awareness in this manner for seven days, one of two results may be expected in him: in this very life highest wisdom or, if a substratum of aggregates remains, the stage of non-returner.
It is for this reason that it was said: “This is the one and only way, monks, for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, for the extinguishing of suffering and grief, for walking on the path of truth, for the realization of nibbana: that is to say, the fourfold establishing of awareness.”
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* The meaning of the words 'anātma' or 'anattā' are 'non-soul/non-self', but some people translate the word 'anattā' as “with no refuge” or “without essence”. I guess they think that Anatta is similar to Anartha (No meaning or Unwanted things). So I guess it is better to use both 'non-self' and 'non-beneficial' words together when we describe the word 'Anatta' or 'Anātma'.
https://store.pariyatti.org/Mahasatipatthana-Sutta--PDF-eBook-br-spanVipassanaspan-_p_4733.html
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More about mind training and enlightenment:
1.) Ajahn Chah - Bio 44 - How attained was Ajahn Chah - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tT5r-qQNEU
2.) Ajahn Chah - Training the Mind (English Reading Audio) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GATd4JUX6G4
3.) Ajahn Chah - Bio 43 - Talking about enlightenment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u76o7xZe3PE
4.) Ajahn Chah - Mindful Way - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anf1yhX9VQo
5.) Ajahn Chah - Bio 22 - Meditation Breakthrough - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1oK4Vt_ntY
Kasina refers to a class of basic visual objects of meditation. In kasiṇa meditation, a mental object (kasina) is used as the object of meditation, being used to keep the mind focused whenever attention drifts.
There are ten kasiṇa:
1.) earth (Pali: paṭhavī kasiṇa)
2.) water (āpo kasiṇa)
3.) fire (tejo kasiṇa)
4.) air, wind (vāyo kasiṇa)
5.) blue, green (nīla kasiṇa)
6.) yellow (pīta kasiṇa)
7.) red (lohita kasiṇa)
8.) white (odāta kasiṇa)
9.) enclosed space, hole, aperture (ākāsa kasiṇa)
10.) consciousness (viññāṇa kasiṇa)
The earth kasiṇa, for instance, is a disk in a red-brown color formed by spreading earth or clay (or another medium producing similar color and texture) on a screen of canvas or another backing material.
Spiritual masters were thought to actually manifest supernormal abilities from Kasiṇa meditation. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasina)
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Loving Friendliness (Loving-Kindness) Meditation: 11 Benefits:
1. You sleep well.
2. You wake up feeling well.
3. You’re not likely to have nightmares.
4. Your body relaxes and your face is joyful.
5. Even animals and celestial beings feel drawn to you.
6. Spirits protect you.
7. Fire, poisons, and weapons will not harm you.
8. Your mind immediately becomes calm.
9. Your complexion brightens.
10. You’ll die with a clear mind.
11. You’ll die in peace.
Learn more: https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/benefits-loving-friendliness-meditation/
Mindfulness is the key for perfection,perfection of mentel,verbal and physical deeds. It arouses wisdom,wisdom to see the real nature of thoughts,words and deeds.the practice of Buddhist philosophy should essentially accompany mindfulness.
Instant Relaxation: 5-Minute Guided Breathwork for Nervous System Regulation
@smlanka4u:
Breathing meditation is like an observation of feelings (Vedananupassana), and observing the feelings in the body while breathing in and out makes it a both mindfulness (Vipassana) and relaxing/tranquizing (Samatha) meditation. But the consistent state of concentration called Samadhi is like automatic concentrations on a single object. Feelings are the main objects of the breathing meditation. The mind becomes less attached to stressful feelings when it focuses and changes its attention like this: "Breathe in naturally and feel the feelings from nose to the entire body like allowing the mind to feel all the feelings at once. And then, breathe out naturally and feel the feelings at nose. Also, think that feelings are not mine." It helps the mind to take the control of feelings, and reduces painful feelings of addictions and stress. It is very helpful to develop concentration (Samadhi), and prepare the mind for a good rebirth and enlightenment.
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I have a tendency to fall asleep while trying to meditate! Does anyone have any advice? (Apart from get more sleep as I get as much as I can!)
What type of meditation practice do you do and why?
Nyingma Masters
When I began to practice meditation on compassion, I found that my sense of isolation began to diminish, while at the same time my personal sense of empowerment began to grow. Where once I saw only problems, I started to see solutions. Where once I viewed my own happiness as more important than the happiness of others, I began to see the well-being of others as the foundation of my own peace of mind.
~ Mingyur Rinpoche
Question (common): How to meditate?
My Answer: There are many methods. Try my method to develop concentration :-
Sit down, Be relaxed like sleeping.
Say "ALL BE WELL" or just "BE WELL ( Suwa Wewa -in Sinhalese)" in your mind ("may all impermanent beings be well/අනිත්ය අය/සියල්ලෝ සුව වේවා" is better to feel both Samatha and Vipassana), say it not slowly not faster, and try to be comfortable while saying it. The speed can make you stressed, so try to protect both normal speed and letting go attitude to reduce the stress.
Give a small concentration to your breathing (just feel it), but don't force it;
Say (ALL) BE WELL like a song, eg (saying "be well"):
BE...(breath goes down when saying "BE...", and then breath can go up and down several times before saying "WE...")....WE...(Breath Continues)...LL...(Same here, and again say 'BE....')..BE...(repeat it again and again).
If you feel that saying just "BE WELL" is too short, then you can say "ALL BE WELL". Take your time, and think nothing else. If you can give a good concentration to those letters then you don't want to concentrate about your breathing.
Many thoughts can come to your mind while meditating, those are the thoughts you need to identify and let go to develop concentration.
Do it for at least 2 hours. It is a very good meditation treatment for your mind and body.. I guess it might be able to lead your mind into a state of Samadhi (Highly focused state). Give at least 2 hours per day for yourself....
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"If you can repeat 'May all impermanent beings be well (අනිත්ය අය/සියල්ලෝ සුව වේවා)' in your dreams or spontaneously from your mind when go to sleep while meditating, I think then you have given the required priority to your meditation. Because if you really like your meditation object, it will come to your dreams. And we can try to bring it into our dreams to give it the priority to make it spontaneous. Because we know that we are dreaming and we can dream the things we like most. I think, connecting the meditation and dreams can help us to give a good concentration to our meditation."
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Question of a friend (Tharindu Jayanetti):
Hi suresh,
Y did u want to create a new meditate method?? There are few method of meditating in buddhism.
My Answer:
Hi, I can explain it. Anapana Sathi (Breathing) Meditation is very difficult. Maitri (Compassionate) meditation is very long. When u concentrate only on breathing sometimes we can't even feel our breath, then it is hard to concentrate. Because Maitri mediation is too long it doesn't help us to develop a Samadhi (Highly focused state of mind), and it takes much time to repeat when we try to say all the parts of it. We can't ignore our breath when we meditate, so I do both Breathing and Maitri mediation at the same time. It really helps me to keep in touch, and to concentrate. But I give more priority to Maitri Meditation.
I just tell "Suwa Wewa (BE WELL)", I mean for everyone and it is very easy to focus on it to develop a Samadhi (Highly focused state of mind). It is very easy and very powerful for me, and it gives very good feelings into my mind and body when I do it.
People don't really relax themselves when they meditate, that is y I told to be relaxed like sleeping. And when we say BE WELL (Suwa Wewa) like a song it helps us to keep in touch with the meditation to focus on every letter of it. I meant we should give more time to say it once to fully concentrate on it.
This is only a Samatha Meditation (a section of meditation which just use to develop concentration and peace of mind). I don't want to change meditation methods, you can use only breathing meditation if you are comfortable with it, and I just wanted to make it easy to do, that is why I used some methods together. We can use any object for our meditation, and there is no limit to meditation. We can do meditation when we walk, eat or bath, and we just have concentrate on it. I hope you will understand.
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Meditation Objects:
Vipassana (Vidarshana) Meditations:
1.) Impermanent, Unsatisfactory, Non-self (Empty/Anatta)
2.) I leave all the changing things which are not mine. / leave all. (වෙනස්වන, මගේ නොවන සියල්ල අතහරිමි. / හැම අතහරිමි) (including thoughts and self / සිතුවිලි සහ මමත්වය ඇතුළුව)
3.) This body is just blood, bones, flesh and illusion, not a living being or a person. (Empty/හිස්) / මේ ශරීරය ලේ ගොඩක් කටු ගොඩක් මස් ගොඩක් හා මුලාවක් පමණි, සත්වයකු හෝ පුද්ගලයෙකු නොවේ.
4.) All (empty) impermanent beings be well / (හිස්) අනිත්ය අය/සියල්ලෝ සුව වේවා.
5.) Enjoying the absence of self (understanding the absence of a permanent Saul and enjoying the absence of self by completely forgetting yourself / Trying to experience Nirvana)
මම කියා කෙනෙක් නැති සුවය විදිමි (තමාට අයිති ස්ථීර ආත්මයක් නොමැති බැවින් දුක සැප සහ තමාව සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම අමතක කිරීම මගින් සුවය විදින බව සිතීම / නිර්වාණ සුවය විදීමට උත්සහ කිරීම)
2.) and 4.) Short-form / කෙටි ආකාරය (as a Mantra/මන්තරයක් විදියට):
2.) Lee..ve..all.. / අ..ත..හ..රි..මී..
(Sound volume should start from 0, and then it should be increased gradually.!)
Lee....e ....e...(..minimum 5-10 seconds gap...e)....ve.....ve....(5 sec.)....o.....o....(5 sec.)....I.....I....(5 sec.)....(repeat..)
4.) O..E..I..B..We.. / හී..ආ..නී..සූ..වේ..වා..
(Sound volume should start from 0, and then it should be increased gradually.!)
O....O ....O...(..minimum 5-10 seconds gap...O)....E.....E....(5 sec.)....I.....I....(5 sec.)....B....B....(5 sec.)....We (way..)....E....E....(5 sec)....(repeat..)
Understand or see (but don't think) from the mind that, O.. = May all; E.. = empty; I.. = impermanent beings; B.. = be; We.. = well.
හී....හී....හී...(..අවම තත්පර 5-10 ක පරතරය...හී)....ආ.....ආ....(තත්. 5 )....නී.....නී....(තත්. 5 )....සූ....සූ....(තත්. 5)....වේ....වේ....(තත්. 5 )....වා....වා....(තත්. 5 )....(නැවතත්..)
අවබෝධ කරගන්න හෝ දකින්න (නමුත් නොසිතන්න) සිතින් මෙහි, හී.. = හිස්; ආ.. = අනිත්ය; නී.. = අය; සූ.. = සුව; වේ.. = වෙනවා/වෙන්න; වා.. = ප්රාර්ථනා කරනවා.
තවත් කෙටි කර : හී.. ආ.. සූ.. වේ.. ලෙස හෝ ආ.. ආ.. සූ.. සූ.. වේ.. වේ.. (අනිත්යදෑ සුව වෙන්න) ලෙස එක අකුරක් දෙවර බැගින් පැවසීම ද අවධානය පවත්වාගැනීම සඳහා වඩාත් සුදුසුය.
Tell that letters in a smooth rhythm, and tell it not only from the mind but also from the mouth to get good results / ඒ අකුරු සුමට රිද්මයකට අනුව කියන්න, එමෙන්ම හොද ප්රථිපල ලබා ගැනීමට සිතින් පමණක් නොව කටින්ද එය කියන්න.
Meditation! (and How to Do It!)
My practice to be a stream-enterer (Sotapanna - which is the protection till we achieve Nirvana.)
1.) When I see any special thing, I say Suwapath Wethwa (be well).. eg: poor, rich, healthy, unhealthy, good or bad people and etc..
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බුදු රුව දකිනවිට හෝ බුදුන් ගැන සිතන විට: "මාහානුභාව සම්පන්නයි" ලෙස හෝ "මහා කාරුණිකයි" කියා සිතින් සිතීමෙන් සැම විටම බුදුන් කෙරෙහි ශ්රද්ධාවක් ඇති කරගන්න පුළුවන්. වෙනත් විශේෂ සංවේදී අවස්ථාවන් වලදී 'සුවපත් වේවා' කියල පැවසීමත් සිත සකස් කරගැනීමට භාවිතා කරන්න පුළුවන්.
සිත සකස් වී තිබෙන ආකාරයට අනුව පාලනයකින් තොරව අනිසි සිතුවිළි පහල වෙන නිසා සිතත් මගේ නොවන හේතු ඵල ක්රියාවලියක් විතරයි. ඒක නිසා ඒ සිතුවිළි පහළ වෙන අවස්ථා වලදී හෝ ඊට පෙර සිත සංවර කරගැනීමට: "සංවරයි.. සංවරයි.. සංවරයි.." (සිත, කය, වචනය සංවරයි = සාදු සාදු සාදු) කියා සිතින් කියන්න පුළුවන්. විශේෂයෙන්ම අපගේ පාලනයෙන් තොරව සිතට එන සිතුවිලි එම අවස්ථාවේදීම වලක්වාගැනීමට එසේ සිතිය හැක.
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2.) Every time as possible I remind the Vipassana (Vidarshana) Meditations.. eg: non-self and etc..
3.) I think and I determine everything I do as a normal human being (lay Buddhist) is to Develop Samadhi (unattached and still mind).. Some things can be seen as worldly things to people those who see me from outside, but from my mind I use it to calm my mind and to protect relationships which I need to live as a normal human being.. Eg: working, eating, enjoying with family, learning, helping people etc..
4.) As a Buddhist I try my best to make relationships only with those people who try to protect minimum 5 precepts (Pancha Seela). But because of the need of the social relationships I don't expect 8 or 10 precepts from the people around me.
5.) Meditate everyday (10 - 120 minutes), if possible.
6.) Think and imagine to be a stream-entered (Sotapanna) heavenly being for your next life, if you couldn't achieve Nirvana within this life.
7.) Mahasatipatthana Sutta Practice With Loving-Kindness Meditation (briefly).
Accourding to Buddhism we have an illusion about an existence of a permanent soul. The following practice can remove that illusion and then we will not reborn:
Thinking about the Body:
i.) Breathing (process) is not me, not mine. Nor my soul. It is impermanent (anitya), suffering (dukkha), non-self or non-significant-soul (anātma or anattā). May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
ii.) Postures (Eg: stay sitting down, stay standing, stay sleeping) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent (anitya), suffering (dukkha), non-self or non-significant-soul (anātma or anattā). May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
iii.) Behaviors (Eg: walking, eating, dressing, sleeping ) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
iv.) Obnoxiousness and the 32 dirty body parts (hair, flesh, heart, blood, skin, teeth etc) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
v.) Earth (pruṭhavī), Water (āpa), Fire (teja), Air (vāyu), Space (ākāsa) (Primary Elements (dhātu)) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
vi.) Decaying and completely vanishing body (dead body) is not me, not mine. Nor my soul. It is impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
Thinking about the Mind:
i.) Arising and Vanishing Sensations (changing pleasant, unpleasant and neutral sensations) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
ii.) Arising and Vanishing Intentions (Anger, Greed, and Delusion or Ignorance) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
iii.) Arising and Vanishing Sensual desires (Kamachanda), Anger/ill will (Vyapada), Sloth & torpor / Depression (Thinamidda), Restlessness & Worry (Uddhaccha Kukkuccha), Doubt/suspicion (Vicikiccha) (Five Hindrances (nīvaraṇa)) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
iv.) Arising and Vanishing Matter or Form (rupa), Sensation or Feeling (vedana), Perception and/or cognition (sanna), Volition or Mental Formation (sankara), Consciousness (vinnana) (The Five Aggregates Of Clinging (upadana-skandha)) are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
v.) Arising and Vanishing combinational results arisen by meeting Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Body, Mind with Form, Sound, Touch, Taste, and Odor or Smell are not me, not mine. Nor my soul. Those are impermanent, suffering, non-self or non-significant-soul. May all beings 'not suffer', 'be healthy', 'be well'.
vi.) Seeing the Arising and Vanishing Mindfulness (sati), Investigation of the nature of reality (dhamma vicaya), Energy/determination (viriya), Joy or rapture (preethi), Relaxation or tranquility (passaddhi), Concentration/ Clear awareness (samadhi), Equanimity (upekkha) (Seven Factors of Enlightenment (sapta bodhyanga)).
This is what the Lord Buddha said about the Mahasatipatthana Sutta:
The Results of the Establishing of Awareness:
"Indeed, monks, whoever practices this fourfold establishing of awareness in this manner for seven years, he may expect one of two results: in this very life highest wisdom or, if a substratum of aggregates remains, the stage of non-returner.
Let alone seven years, monks. Should any person practice this fourfold establishing of awareness in this manner for six years, one of two results may be expected in him: in this very life highest wisdom or, if a substratum of aggregates remains, the stage of non-returner.
Let alone six years, monks...
Let alone five years, monks...
Let alone four years, monks...
Let alone three years, monks...
Let alone two years, monks...
Let alone one year, monks. Should any person practice this fourfold establishing of awareness in this manner for seven months, one of two results may be expected in him: in this very life highest wisdom or, if a substratum of aggregates remains, the stage of non-returner.
Let alone seven months, monks...
Let alone six months, monks...
Let alone five months, monks...
Let alone four months, monks...
Let alone three months, monks...
Let alone two months, monks...
Let alone one month, monks...
Let alone half a month, monks...
Let alone half a month, monks.
Should any person practice this fourfold establishing of awareness in this manner for seven days, one of two results may be expected in him: in this very life highest wisdom or, if a substratum of aggregates remains, the stage of non-returner.
It is for this reason that it was said: “This is the one and only way, monks, for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, for the extinguishing of suffering and grief, for walking on the path of truth, for the realization of nibbana: that is to say, the fourfold establishing of awareness.”
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* The meaning of the words 'anātma' or 'anattā' are 'non-soul/non-self', but some people translate the word 'anattā' as “with no refuge” or “without essence”. I guess they think that Anatta is similar to Anartha (No meaning or Unwanted things). So I guess it is better to use both 'non-self' and 'non-beneficial' words together when we describe the word 'Anatta' or 'Anātma'.
https://store.pariyatti.org/Mahasatipatthana-Sutta--PDF-eBook-br-spanVipassanaspan-_p_4733.html
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More about mind training and enlightenment:
1.) Ajahn Chah - Bio 44 - How attained was Ajahn Chah - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tT5r-qQNEU
2.) Ajahn Chah - Training the Mind (English Reading Audio) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GATd4JUX6G4
3.) Ajahn Chah - Bio 43 - Talking about enlightenment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u76o7xZe3PE
4.) Ajahn Chah - Mindful Way - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anf1yhX9VQo
5.) Ajahn Chah - Bio 22 - Meditation Breakthrough - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1oK4Vt_ntY
Environment is important for meditaion. And silence is a meditaion too, that is why it helps us to sleep quickly. Maybe the sleep is a small meditative state of our mind. If we can bring meditation in to our dreams then maybe we will be able to get better results. Sometimes we can listen to meditation. I listen to this Vipassana meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQsxovCJR4M and Sutta readings: https://www.suttareadings.net/audio/index-readers.html
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