วันศุกร์ที่ 18 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2558
The stressed-out urbanity who craves some peace of mind should contemplate doing a meditation retreat in one of the country's many temples. Near the forest monastery of
SuanMokkh, Garden of Liberation, in Surat Thani or at Wat PhraDhammakaya in Prathum
Thani, you can learn the secrets of serenity form real Buddhist monks. These
practical lessons will also teach you why the tolerant and compassionate
teachings of the Buddha make it the fastest-growing religion in the world
today.
The Meditation
Let’s give ourselves a
try. Firstly we must know the real nature of the mind. It is bright, clear and
in the sphere form like a tiny crystal ball. Normally, the mind always wanders
around.
Let’s close the eyes and imagine that we bring the wandering mind to stop at
the nostril, male is at the right, female at the left. The nostril is the first
base. Imagine that the tiny crystal ball of bright and clear is gradually move
into the nostril and goes deeper to the second base and stop there for a while.
The second base is at the corner of the eye (the tear-drop point), male is at
the right and female is at the left. The technique is to open the eyes upward
and then let close it again. From the second base, imagine the tiny crystal ball
gently moving deeper to the third, the forth, the fifth and so on until it
reaches the sixth. Let’s stay at the sixth for a while before lifting it up a
little distance to the seventh. Then it is at the right place, the centre of
the body.
The other technique of marking our centre of the body is to imagine that we
cross our body by two white threads - one is from the navel straight back to
the spine. The other is from the right side through the left. The two white
threads make a crossing point inside.
And from that point, draw a line perpendicular up at the length of the width of
two fingers lying on each other. The index is on the mid finger, as shown in
the picture.
It is necessary only at the first time of meditation practice to explore the centre of the body. After that is
only to remind of the point. This is the point to still the mind. And to still
the mind is to remind of this point. It is the center of the body. It could be
a point of a tiny star or a point of tiny crystal ball of bright and clear. By
doing this, the very stage of meditation, you are going to be the graceful
islet among the ever-flowing ocean of life.
Like the word of the Lord Buddha “The best thing to do
is to take care of your own islet.” It is to state the mind at the station of stillness, the center of the body. And would it be easier, in the next meditation practicing by taking a deep breath in. At the deepest end
of the breath inside, this will help you to confirm the existence of your own
center.
Let’s take care of our own islet at the gateway of the Middle Way. Being always
at the centre of the body is always being at the door that opens to the true
awakening. Being still at the centre of the body is being ready for
awakening.
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