For so many years this was my path. Step by step letting go of each mental factor, until cessation. Then what was this deathlessness I rested in? 1] Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was living at Savatthi in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapindika’s Park. There he addressed the bhikkhus thus: “Bhikkhus.” – […]
One By One as They Occurred – Anupada Sutta MN#111 Read Post »
From a reply on a Dharma list, where someone asked: I have an object such as watching the breath but I am constantly distracted. Please elaborate on “In order to keep from being distracted, that object is a support”. Hi there, one way you could approach this is by reviewing your intention – what is
Using an Object as a Support for Concentration and Awakening Read Post »
I’ve noticed a change in my meditation lately. After quite a period of formless mahamudra meditation, I’ve recently been practicing Shamatha with the breath as the focus. But, funny thing, I can’t really find the breath to focus on. It’s pretty much there when I start … a sense of it popping up here and
Where did my breath go? Read Post »
I bow down at the feet of the supreme lama! It’s the mind fixated on objects that causes samsara.If you recognize as spontaneousThe luminous self-awareness, free of fixation,You’ll taste the fruit of the first yoga, one-pointedness. Some talk and talk about union, yet their meditation is all conceptual,They talk and talk about cause and effect,
Reflections on Milarepa – The Song of Distinguishing the Four Yogas Read Post »
dharmaweb.org said… Your instruction is very nice (refers to previous post ) but since I am new to meditation I have to focus on something, such as my breath or my just below my bellybutton. Because if I don’t do that, my wandering thought is uncontrollable. Is this wrong? Hi there, my apologies for my
Shamatha With and Without Objects Read Post »
