To avoid stress and suffering from depression, we have a technique to share with you. Sit in a chair and begin by placing both hands on your knees. Now turn your right hand, open it so your palm faces inward. Raise this hand up into the air, so that it is at the same level as your head. Pause briefly, and bring the hand down to your stomach. Repeat with your left hand. Before your hands meet, move the right hand up so that your right hand is closer to your chest. Both hands are now resting on your body. Move your right hand back up into the air, back down so the side of your hand is again on your knee, and finally rest your palm again on your knee. Move your left hand up, closer to your chest, then back up into the air, back down so the side of your hand is again on your knee, and finally rest your palm again on your knee. Repeat this for as long as your meditation session lasts.
Our lives are full of ups and downs. This simple movement is a way to focus the mind on something neutral. A physical movement that helps us to exercise the mind. Our goal is not to focus on any connection between mind and body, but to provide a simple movement to focus on in order to stop more concrete thoughts from entering the mind. This is about mindfulness. When you turn your hand, you know you are turning your hand. When you raise your hand, you know you are raising your hand. You are aware.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Daily Words of the Buddha for March, 27, 2011
daily Words of the Buddha for March 27, 2011 Attā hi attano nātho, attā hi attano gati. Tasmā saṃyamamattānaṃ assaṃ bhadraṃva vāṇijo. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_25_380.mp3 One is one's own protector, one is one's own refuge. Therefore, one should control oneself, even as a trader controls a noble steed. Dhammapada 25.380
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Daily Words of the Buddha for February 24, 2011
Diso disaṃ yaṃ taṃ kayirā, verī vā pana verinaṃ; micchāpaṇihitaṃ cittaṃ pāpiyo naṃ tato kare. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/udana_4_33.mp3 Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse. Udāna 4.33
Daily Words of the Buddha for February 26, 2011
Yesaṃ dhammā asammuṭṭhā paravādesu na nīyare; te sambuddhā sammadaññā, caranti visame samaṃ. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/samyutta_nikaya_1_7.mp3 Those to whom the Dhamma is clear are not led into other doctrines; perfectly enlightened with perfect knowledge, they walk evenly over the uneven. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.7
Daily Words of the Buddha for February 27, 2011
Vacīpakopaṃ rakkheyya; vācāya saṃvuto siyā. Vacīduccaritaṃ hitvā, vācāya sucaritaṃ care. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_17_232.mp3 Let one guard oneself against irritability in speech; let one be controlled in speech. Abandoning verbal misconduct, let one practice good conduct in speech. Dhammapada 17.232
Daily Words of the Buddha for February 28, 2011
Manopakopaṃ rakkheyya; manasā saṃvuto siyā. Manoduccaritaṃ hitvā, manasā sucaritaṃ care. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_17_233.mp3 Let one guard oneself against irritability in thought; let one be controlled in mind. Abandoning mental misconduct, let one practice good conduct in thought. Dhammapada 17.233
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 01, 2011
Kāyamuniṃ vācāmuniṃ, manomunimanāsavaṃ, muniṃ moneyyasampannaṃ. Āhu ninhātapāpakaṃ. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/itivuttaka_3_67.mp3 Silent in body, silent in speech, silent in mind, without defilement, blessed with silence is the sage. One is truly washed of evil. Itivuttaka 3.67
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 02, 2011
Kāyena saṃvutā dhīrā, atho vācāya saṃvutā manasā saṃvutā dhīrā. Te ve suparisaṃvutā. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_17_234.mp3 The wise are controlled in bodily action, controlled in speech and controlled in thought. They are truly well-controlled. Dhammapada 17.234
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 03, 2011
Yo mātaraṃ pitaraṃ vā, jiṇṇakaṃ gatayobbanaṃ -- pahu santo na bharati taṃ parābhavato mukhaṃ. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/sutta_nipata_1_98.mp3 Though being well-to-do, not to support father and mother who are old and past their youth -- this is a cause of one's downfall. Sutta Nipāta 1.98
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 04, 2011
Uttiṭṭhe! Nappamajjeyya! Dhammaṃ sucaritaṃ care. Dhammacārī sukhaṃ seti asmiṃ loke paramhi ca. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_13_168.mp3 Arise! Do not be heedless! Lead a righteous life. The righteous live happily both in this world and the next. Dhammapada 13.168
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 14, 2011
Apādakehi me mettaṃ, mettaṃ dvipādakehi me; catuppadehi me mettaṃ, mettaṃ bahuppadehi me. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/anguttara_nikaya_4_67_a.mp3 I have love for the footless, for the bipeds too I have love; I have love for those with four feet, for the many-footed I have love. Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.67
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 15, 2011
Yo ca vassasataṃ jīve dussīlo asamāhito ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo sīlavantassa jhāyino. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_10_110.mp3 Better it is to live one day virtuous and meditative than to live a hundred years immoral and uncontrolled. Dhammapada 10.110
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 16, 2011
Yo ca vassasataṃ jīve apassaṃ udayabbayaṃ ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo passato udayabbayaṃ. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_10_113.mp3 Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things. Dhammapada 10.113
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 24, 2011
Sace labhetha nipakaṃ sahāyaṃ saddhiṃ caraṃ sādhuvihāridhīraṃ, abhibhuyya sabbāni parissayāni, careyya tenattamano satīmā. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_23_328.mp3 If for company you find a wise and prudent friend who leads a good life, you should, overcoming all impediments, keep their company joyously and mindfully. Dhammapada 23.328
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 23, 2011
Yo ca dhammamabhiññāya dhammamaññāya paṇḍito, rahadova nivāte ca anejo vūpasammati. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/itivuttaka_3_92.mp3 Thoroughly understanding the Dhamma and freed from longing through insight, the wise one rid of all desire is calm as a pool unstirred by wind. Itivuttaka 3.92
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 22, 2011
Appamādaratā hotha! Sacittamanurakkhatha! Duggā uddharathattānaṃ, paṅke sannova kuñjaro. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_23_327.mp3 Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts! Draw yourself out of this bog of evil, even as an elephant draws itself out of the mud. Dhammapada 23.327
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 21, 2011
Yañca kāmasukhaṃ loke, yañcidaṃ diviyaṃ sukhaṃ, taṇhakkhayasukhassete, kalaṃ nāgghanti soḷasiṃ. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/udana_2_12.mp3 Any sensual bliss in the world, any heavenly bliss, isn't worth one sixteenth-sixteenth of the bliss of the ending of craving. Udāna 2.12 http://tipitaka.org/romn/cscd/s0503m.mul1.xml#para12
Words of the Buddha for March 20, 2011
Sukhā matteyyatā loke, atho petteyyatā sukhā, sukhā sāmaññatā loke, atho brahmaññatā sukhā. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_23_332.mp3 In this world, good it is to serve one's mother, good it is to serve one's father, good it is to serve the monks, and good it is to serve the holy ones. Dhammapada 23.332
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 19, 2011
Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṃ, kusalassa upasampadā, sacittapariyodapanaṃ - etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_14_183.mp3 To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to purify one's mind - this is the teaching of the Buddhas. Dhammapada 14.183
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 18, 2011
Yassa selūpamaṃ cittaṃ, ṭhitaṃ nānupakampati, virattaṃ rajanīyesu, kopaneyye na kuppati: Yassevaṃ bhāvitaṃ cittaṃ, kuto taṃ dukkhamessatī? Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/udana_4_34.mp3 Whose mind is like rock, steady, unmoved, dispassionate for things that spark passion, unangered by things that spark anger: When one's mind is developed like this, from where can there come suffering & stress? Udāna 4.34
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 05, 2011
Jayaṃ ve maññati bālo vācāya pharusaṃ bhaṇaṃ, jayañcevassa taṃ hoti yā titikkhā vijānato. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/samyutta_nikaya_1_189.mp3 The fool thinks one has won a battle when one bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.189
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 06, 2011
Candanaṃ, tagaraṃ, vāpi uppalaṃ, atha vassikī -- etesaṃ gandhajātānaṃ -- sīlagandho anuttaro. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_4_55.mp3 Of all the fragrances -- sandal, tagara, blue lotus and jasmine -- the fragrance of virtue is the sweetest. Dhammapada 4.55
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 07, 2011
Carañce nādhigaccheyya seyyaṃ sadisamattano, ekacariyaṃ daḷhaṃ kayirā; natthi bāle sahāyatā. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_5_61.mp3 Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let one resolutely pursue a solitary course; there is no fellowship with the fool. Dhammapada 5.61
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 08, 2011
Hitānukampī sambuddho yadaññamanusāsati, anurodhavirodhehi vippamutto tathāgato. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/samyutta_nikaya_1_150.mp3 When the Buddha teaches others he does so out of compassion, because the Tathagata is wholly freed from both favour and aversion. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.150
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 10, 2011
Sabbattha ve sappurisā cajanti. Na kāmakāmā lapayanti santo. Sukhena phuṭṭhā atha vā dukhena na uccāvacaṃ paṇḍitā dassayanti. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_6_83.mp3 The good renounce (attachment for) everything. The virtuous do not prattle with a yearning for pleasures. The wise show no elation or depression when touched by happiness or sorrow. Dhammapada 6.83
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 11, 2011
Santaṃ tassa manaṃ hoti, santā vācā, ca kamma ca, sammadaññā, vimuttassa, upasantassa tādino. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_7_96.mp3 Calm is one's thought, calm one's speech, and calm one's deed, who, truly knowing, is wholly freed, perfectly tranquil and wise. Dhammapada 7.96
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 12, 2011
Yo sahassaṃ sahassena saṅgāme mānuse jine, ekañca jeyyamattānaṃ sa ve saṅgāmajuttamo. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_10_103.mp3 Though one may conquer a thousand times a thousand people in battle, yet one indeed is the noblest victor who conquers oneself. Dhammapada 10.103
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 13, 2011.
Māvamaññetha pāpassa, "Na mantaṃ āgamissati." Udabindunipātena, udakumbhopi pūrati. Bālo pūrati pāpassa, thokaṃ thokampi ācinaṃ. Listen: http://host.pariyatti.org/dwob/dhammapada_9_121.mp3 Think not lightly of evil, saying, "It will not come to me." Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills oneself with evil.
Friday, March 4, 2011
what is meditation?
Meditation is merely the process of observing, but not reacting to your thoughts and letting them go.
You cannot control your thoughts, so you must learn to see what they are and release them. Through this
process, you will see that with the release of your thoughts from your mind, you will be closer to achieving a meditative state.
while meditating , you should learn to control your breathing. Breathe slow and steady. You may sit in a
relaxed position in a straight, upright posture for optimal breathing.
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