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WHAT IS THE RIGHT ATTITUDE FOR MEDITATION ?

( By U Tejaniya – Shwe Oo Min )

 

The most important thing when you are meditating is to have the right

attitude .

 

1 . When meditating : Don't focus too hard

 

Don't control

 

Don't try to create something

 

Don't force or restrict yourself

 

2 . Don't try to create anything But don't reject what is happening

 

But as things happen or stop happening , don't forget

 

Be aware of them

 

3 . Trying to create something is lobha ( greed )

 

Rejecting what is happening is dosa ( aversion )

 

Not knowing if something is happening

 

or has stopped happening is moha ( delusion )

 

4 . Only when the observing mind has no lobha , dosa , nor soka

 

( worry / anxiety ) inside it , then the meditating mind will

arise

 

5 . You have to double check to see what attitude you are meditating

with

 

6 . You have to accept and watch both good and bad experiences

 

7 . You only want good experiences

 

You don't want even the tiniest unpleasant experience

 

Is this fair ? Is this the way of the Dhamma ?

 

8 . Don't have any expectations

 

Don't want anything

 

Don't be anxious

 

Because if these attitudes are in your mind ,

 

It becomes difficult to meditate

 

9 . Why are you focusing so hard when you meditate ?

 

You want something to happen ?

 

You want something to stop happening ?

 

It is likely that one of these attitudes is there

 

10 . If the mind is getting tired

 

something is wrong with the way you are practicing

 

11 . You cannot practice when the mind is tense

 

12 . If the mind and body are getting tired

 

it is time to check the way you are meditating

 

13 . Meditating is waiting and watching

 

With awareness and comprehension

 

Understanding

 

Not thinking

 

Not reflecting

 

Not judging

 

14 . Don't practice with a mind that wants something

 

or wants something to happen

 

The only result will be that you will tire yourself

 

15 . The meditating mind should be relaxed and at peace

 

16 . Both the mind and the body should be comfortable

 

17 . A light and free mind enables you to meditate well

 

Do you have the right attitude ?

 

18 . Meditating is ,

 

Whatever happens good or bad ,

 

Accepting , relaxing and watching it

 

19 . What is the mind doing ?

 

Thinking ? Or being aware ?

 

20 . Where is the mind now ?

 

Inside ? Or outside ? ( of oneself )

 

21 . Is the watching / observing mind

 

properly aware ?

 

Or only superficially aware ?

 

22 . You are not trying to make things turn out

 

the way you want it to happen

 

you are trying to know what is happening as it is

 

23 . Don't feel disturbed by the thinking mind

 

You are not practicing to prevent thinking

 

To recognize and acknowledge thinking whenever it arises

 

is what you are practicing

 

24 . You are not supposed to reject the object

 

( phenomena / things that are happening / being known )

 

You are to know ( and thus note / observe ) the defilement's

 

that arise because of the object and thus remove them

 

( the defilement's )

 

25 . Only when there is Saddha ( Faith ) , Viriya ( energy ) will arise

 

Only when there is Viriya , Sati ( mindfulness ) will become

continuous

 

Only when Sati is continuous , Samadhi will become established

 

Only when Samadhi is established , then you will know

 

things as they really are , Saddha then increases further

 

26 . Just pay attention to what is exactly in the present moment

 

Don't go to the past !

 

Don't plan for the future !

 

27 . The object is not important

 

The mind that is working in the background –

 

working to be aware i.e. the observing mind is more important

 

If the observing ( mind ) is done with the right attitude the

 

object will be the right object

 

 

 

 

 

 

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