Welcome home! Please contact lincoln@icrontic.com if you have any difficulty logging in or using the site. New registrations must be manually approved which may take several days. Can't log in? Try clearing your browser's cookies.
What does your meditation look like?
Hi,
I'm not sure if this is covered in a different thread. I'm pretty curious about what kind of meditations you do and how the way the different Buddhist schools teach translates to how the meditations look like.
As I'm following the Karma Kagyu lineage I usually have the same order/build-up in my meditation.
-Focussing on breathing
-Being thankful that the right circumstances are present to practice buddhism (four basic thoughts)
-Envisioning the Karmapa radiating light into you
-Transmission of the great seal
-Completion phase (understanding your consciousness is boundaryless)
-Activity phase (keeping the insight gained and wishing that all good impressions become boundaryless).
The above is a really short summary of the meditation which is usually about 30 minutes.
There are also other meditations I do which follow the same order. How does your meditation look like? I think what's central in the way I meditate is envisioning your own Buddha nature and trying to identify with it.
I'm not sure if this is covered in a different thread. I'm pretty curious about what kind of meditations you do and how the way the different Buddhist schools teach translates to how the meditations look like.
As I'm following the Karma Kagyu lineage I usually have the same order/build-up in my meditation.
-Focussing on breathing
-Being thankful that the right circumstances are present to practice buddhism (four basic thoughts)
-Envisioning the Karmapa radiating light into you
-Transmission of the great seal
-Completion phase (understanding your consciousness is boundaryless)
-Activity phase (keeping the insight gained and wishing that all good impressions become boundaryless).
The above is a really short summary of the meditation which is usually about 30 minutes.
There are also other meditations I do which follow the same order. How does your meditation look like? I think what's central in the way I meditate is envisioning your own Buddha nature and trying to identify with it.
0
Comments
your meditation sounds really nice. I haven't really done a meditation on a question, but can imagine that it's a pretty powerful meditation directly focussing on your own mind and analyzing it like that.
I've also got a shortened "taking refuge" meditation which I intend to follow where you take refuge in the Lama, Buddha, Dharma and the Sangha. It helps to clear up if you're willing to do the hard work and if the lineage is right for you (according to someone at my sangha).
I think I've read somewhere you're doing about two hours of meditation a day? I hope I get as committed as you someday, how did you get to your current level of practice? How many years did it take before that meditation habit became truly ingrained?