Part I.

Originally introduced meditation of the Buddha

 

"Tathagata Meditation in the Pali Canon, or Meditation, a healthy lifestyle in the morning, an uplifting educational method", is a study just mentioned Tathagata Meditation without mention Patriarchs Meditation. Here we restrict the Pali Canon, but no mention of A-Pi-talk - Pali Canon, for the purpose would recommend Zen Buddhists understand what are primitive, firstly through experience body of the Buddha when he was not a director, a director when he, in the sermon for 45 years and finally when he entered Nirvana. Next, we introduced the Zen doctrine through his teachings in the scriptures, to point out the Zen doctrine as a healthy lifestyle in the morning, an educational method that can be applied towards the upper right in present life, both as a process leading to liberation and enlightenment. Finally, we would like to introduce a practice of Zen: Dharma door Anapanasati, mindfulness of breathing very breath, a Zen teachings by Buddha's original teaching, a practice consistent Only, The Brain that people living from can practice, even in the present for myself.
Everybody presentations make clear our origin, derived from the Pali Canon does, to identify evidence that the teachings of the Buddha, not is the product of imaginary speakers, and help for those who do their own study material can also trace the origin correctly.
Firstly, we would like to present: The personal experience of Buddha in Meditation .
Meditation is a practice of the Buddha's initiative, by the experience of his practice myself, no one to teach him, and it is by itself was a new experience for him to help build a legal liberation and enlightenment, very unique, wonderful, that method: About The Brain.
Meditation Experience is the first of the Buddha when he came to school with Alara Kalama direction of martial law-basis-organic-origin , and learn about leading with practice Uddaka Ramaputta African-African-idea-origin non-ideal. Two Zen-Buddhist teachings, his school, his act, his securities and exchange two masters certificate verified as true.
But he noticed two disciplines did not bring liberation to his left. The two foreign masters he confirmed: "France that I self-consciousness, self-certification, and achieve self-declared, self-righteous prophet's sage, self-certified, self-gain and dwell. Sage France that self-knowledge, self- evidence, and achieve self-abiding, self-righteous that I tri, insight, and achieve self-declaration. France that I know, the sage said that law; French sage said the France that I know. I like how is such sage, sage like, I was like that. Nay come here, sage! two we take care of this congregation. " Thus, the monks, Alara Kalama is my guru, to book me, he is a disciple of his peers, and worship Me with supreme devotion. This, monks, then we think about it: "This is not directed at France affection glass, not toward dispassion, not toward annihilation, not towards peace, not toward the upper position, not toward enlightenment , not toward Nirvana, which only leads to the attainment of origin naught. As such, the Monks, I do not respect French, and was refused legal, I walked away "( Middle Length .)
second experience is the experience of the Buddha without a director, he wants to get rid of sex, but because he is not meditation, should not get rid of greed, hatred and delusion, as the following passage stating: "This Mahanama, Oldtimer, when I was Bodhisattva, Bodhi no evidence, not a class Chief, Chief of sense, so I left that as of right: "The sex, the fewer, more suffering, more cerebral, the more dangerous here. "Whether we see with such skill so as of right, but I have not been certified by the glass of sexual bliss, born of bad cup, or a method other than noble, and so , I do not know that from being the dominant sex. Mahanama And this, when I left that to the County Clerk as true: "The sex, less fun, more suffering, more brain, and dangerous to many more here ". And we witness the sexual bliss by glass, glass measures being evil, or noble than any of them, so a new one from the dominant sex "( Central Business )
This experience highlighted that fact alone as Exercise is fun at the bar much suffering enough, to meditate, which is certified by ly blissful sex is born for photography and can get rid of sex. Chinh by this experience, later Buddha Meditation designed to serve the educational photography and has established disciplines About The Brain, in that Zen meditators come to bring enlightenment.
third experience recluse Gotama is the practice has completed six years of austerity He noticed ascetic not lead people to enlightenment and liberation, so he gave up and went to Uruvela ascetic.
There he found a lovely place with clear flowing river nearby, a Forest colonization comfort, a convenient abode for meditation. did he choose a location and decided to sit down in it to the religious., but three examples have arisen, to help him understand how new meditation results.
first example, a fire took hold a plastic stick soaked full of life, put into the water and then rubbed with tools to kindle flames of fire. Of course, with this condition, helped fuel the fire can not be.
second example is the same as above, this time still soaked stick, still full of sap, but was picked out of the water, if rubbed with tools to kindle flames of fire, of course with these conditions helped fuel the fire can not be.
third example comes without plastic stick, was rescued from the water, and place on dry land. If this person was rubbing sticks to make fire equipment, the fire can be displayed. This example introduces recluse Gotama is clearly want to effectively meditation time to give up sex, immoral ly attained new hope as specified in Central paragraph:
"Hey Aggivessana, the Venerable Sa Brahmin-subjects or Renunciation does not live the desires of the body, the interior has not been eradicated smart, be smart not to make alleviate, the Venerable monk or Ba-la-subjects that can not attained Supreme Enlightenment ... If Venerable monk or she lives with his Brahmin renunciation of bodily desires ... and the interior has been cleverly eradicated, have been cleverly making the lighter less , the Venerable monk or his Brahmin She was able to witness the knowledge Supreme supreme Buddha. "
Three examples above have shown recluse Gotama is said to have wanted to practice meditation, the results ly had sex, legal separation evil. Thus, later when teaching meditation prerequisite of meditation have to do is "sex glass, glass of bad ones." But the passionate sex while doing the immoral behavior, the Meditation can not give results. This valuable experience that is applied when the Buddha taught meditation him.
again to experience a recluse Gotama: After ascetic in 6 years with no results, he wondered path What else could bring him to enlightenment, and the following are his words when he recorded the direction to find a different path, as specified in the General Business Saccaka, Central Business:
"But I am with the fierce ascetic Such evidence is still not legal traders, knowledge wins worthy saint. Or is there any other way to enlightenment? '.
"Hey Aggivessana, and I think as follows:" I know, in father when I, Sakyan, are plowed and I was sitting under the shade tree Jambudvipa. My glass cup of bad sex, witness, and the first permanent meditation, a state of blissful isolation by birth and education, which can reach the quarterfinals, while abiding so I thought: "According to this path to enlightenment can be affordable "? And this Aggivessana, followed by that notion, this consciousness has arisen in me: "This is the path to enlightenment." With this experience, recluse Gotama practice evidence Jhana Meditation, Zen Monday, Tuesday Meditation, Meditation Wednesday. Then Meditation Wednesday, apprehending him and witness sunrise and the last three, he Qingdao, certification achievement, the chief sensory level.
following we recorded meditation experience, as His witness was recorded in the General Business Saccaka: "And this Aggivessana, after eating raw and real strength back, I glass cup of bad sex, witness, and the first permanent meditation, a state of blissful isolation by being sexual stature quarter. Aggivessana this, so life has arisen in me, exist but are not influential to me. Removal and reach the quarterfinals, Monday Meditation residence certificate, a state of bliss due to birth, not not reach the quarterfinals, internal static single-mindedly. Aggivessana this, such pleasures arise where I, exist but are not influential to me. Separated discharge residence joy, mindfulness and awareness, the body feels the pleasures that the saint called discharge concept stay optimistic, residence certificate Meditation Tuesday. Aggivessana this, such pleasures arise where I, exist but are not influential to me. Drain discharge suffering anniversary, killing pros have feelings before the wedding, things Meditation residence certificate investment, no pain no communication, discharge pure thoughts. This Aggivessana, such pleasures has arisen in me. "
Then with the static center in Wednesday's Meditation, recluse Gotama Additional radial networks to intelligent, smart label to God, to make intelligent Gonorrhea: "By understanding the so, my mind escape illegal sex, illegal escape property, escape from ignorance. For freed itself thus arises understanding: "We have liberated". I already knew: "Birth took advantage, has a dignity. ToDo did. Status no longer go back anymore." Aggivessana Hey, it's Tuesday Minh City, I have seen in the last scene, living proving ignorance kill, kill my mother being light, we live not by spontaneous, enthusiastic, ardent "( Central Business ).
Later Buddha as a director, his particular way of life was being played out in the Pali Canon teachings of birth, meditation and enlightenment. fact here are two pictures of the most flexible grade all Buddhist teachings Meditation is preached. During the daily life of the Buddha, in addition to being responsible for preaching the Buddha lived life fully meditation. alms morning, the meal finished, he went deep into the mountain forest to meditation. evening, usually from divinity Buddha stood in solitude, ie his afternoon meditation also. At night, in his soup a walking meditation. During the second watch, his walking and sitting meditation. in the third, he is held to lie with the lion. reawaken, re walking and sitting meditation. When he passed away, from where he also entered the scene that Nirvana Meditation: "Meditation Made Wednesday, he Added to Meditation Tuesday. Meditation Made Tuesday, he entered the Meditation Monday. Export meditation Monday, he entered the Jhana. Export Jhana, he entered the Meditation Monday. Export Meditation II, he entered the Meditation Tuesday. Meditation Made Tuesday, he entered the fourth meditation. Meditation Made Wednesday, killing him instantly Enter "( Central Business ).
And we often encounter two tips of the Buddha for monks ordained: "Hey Monks, when the Assembly reconvened , usually have two things to do: a discourse on the Dhamma, the two are kept silent by a saint "( Central Business ). And the silence of the saint here is meditation.
teachings Monday Meditation is the advice of the Buddha: "Monks Hey, this is the tree, this is the house empty. Hey Monks, meditation please, do not be heedless, do not have birth lap later regret. It is the words of my world for the people. "And when coming Nibbana, the Buddha repeatedly lifestyle of a supreme Monks are religious meditation, Meditation:
"And this Ananda, in chg Monks contemplating the body in the body shop ... life on feelings ... mind .... interested on customary law on the legal, enthusiasm, awareness, mindfulness, photography covetousness life for all. So this Ananda, monks themselves is a lamp for himself, he leaned himself himself, not upon a different medicine, used as lamp dharma, dharma taking refuge, a refuge not nothing else. Those who did, this Ananda, are the ultimate in customer monks of Ta "( The Business School, Imperial Mahaparinirvana ). teachings of the Buddha's advice and practice Zen meditation.
With a masters, before the Act had many such experiences in meditation, discovered the path About The Knowledge leads to enlightenment in Zen that occupies an important position, until the Act and Nirvana, which is also the personal experience of meditation. Moreover, since the Act until Nirvana, he lived a life of meditation daily to stay current communications and tons of books religious practitioners, for over 45 years to preach, his teaching is meditation. Till now close to Nirvana, the final words of encouragement to the disciples as well as words of encouragement out Meditation. For such masters, meditation naturally occupies a priority status recently, both important in the classics he taught.
So today, let's learn what meditation is, and general practice of Zen What is? The word Zen is from the Pali word Jhàna, from the Sanskrit word dhyana, Buddhaghosa is defined as follows: "Aramman, upanijjhanato paccanika - jhapanato and jhapam" ( Purity, 150 ) meant by meditation on the selected object, and by burning the opposite of what the so-called Zen. Thus, Meditation is meant to select a meditation on the object and that object, making the ability to burn, burned the opposite approach, where only the hindrances and fetters of defilements.
Dinh definition of classic Zen in the usually integrated into the scene About The Brain, and mention The Meditation ie, that is Zen. These definitions have a lot of details and examples, and can be analyzed into the following stages:

- Prepare meditation
- except for hindrances Clips
- Jhana Certificate to Charity

 
A. Prepare Meditation
After About Aggregate achievements, achievements that are the basis holder, temperance in eating, attentive vigilance, mindful awareness, the practitioner: "Choose a quiet place, solitary as forests, trees, ravines, caves, graveyard, trees, outdoors, pile of straw. alms and After supper, he sat cross-legged, back straight and dwell before conception " . ( Central Business ).
Meditation In preparation, we clearly have to keep the World practitioner, that is to live a clean lifestyle and healthy, can meditation. In other words, meditation is effective only when the life of meditation is to give up sex, cup of bad ones. Those who eat more, sleep more, difficult meditation course, those who passionately in education, wine yeast passionate about cooking, doing the immoral behavior of the body, of words, of attention, of course, difficult meditation. In summary, the meditator to live a healthy life and clean, new meditation time results.
 
B. rid of hindrances
"He participated in denying his life, living with heart escapist lust, sexual cleansing the mind of all involved. Waiver of hatred, he does not mind living with anger, contentment and Trade sorry all beings, cleansing the mind of all hatred. Abandoning sloth torpor, the mind towards the light, mindful awareness, cleansing the mind of all torpor torpor. exchanger from foreign election process, the He lives not award bachelor regret, quiet introspective, cleansing the mind of all Trao sent regrets. Abandoning doubt, he lived escape from doubt, not irresolute, cleansing the mind of all suspicion of Evil "( Central Business ).
hindrances this year capable defiled mind and feeble intellect, should have been wise to eliminate and to intellectual development. In Angutara Buddha outlining the legal hindrances to help rid this year:
"impure, the monks, if reasonable attention, the unborn lust and lust arise not have birth take center stage ... From the liberation, the monks, if as of volition, not the courts unborn arise, and courts have been born ... The ardent cessation effort, is the rate Monks, sloth free unborn stigmas not arise, sloth bear torpor has annihilation ... The only pure mind, the monks, living room or not does not arise, or comfort, or has been cessation of birth. "
"Hey Monks, as a debtor, and he made ​​the profession, the profession is thriving, those who did not pay their old debts, and have money to feed his wife residual. Persons He thought: "I owe so before we made ​​the profession. The profession is thriving, we not only pay the old debts, there spare money to support his wife. "He was so happy, happy. Monks Hey, as an extremely painful disease weight, undigested food, physical weakness. After a while, he recovered, digest food, physical recovery. He thought: "I was sick the past, severe pain, eating not objective, physical weakness. I am now cured, digest food, physical recovery. "He was so happy happy. Monks Hey, as someone who is locked up in prison, after a while he was out of jail , consolidate peace and property damage from falling. And he thought, "I previously locked up in prison, we are out of jail now, consolidate peace and property damage from falling." He thus be happy happy. Monks Hey, as a slave, not autonomy, others depend, is not freedom. was after a time he escaped from slavery autonomy, not dependent people, a liberation, the freedom to travel. And he thought, "I previously was slavery, not autonomy, others depend, is not freedom. Now we escaped slavery, autonomy, independent of others, a liberation, the freedom to go back. "He was so happy happy. Monks Hey, as a rich man many properties, are going through desert. was after a time he had left her desert, the village head, calm, no danger, no property damage was reduced. And he thought, "I formerly wealthy, many properties, go through desert. Now we have to go through from the desert's tranquility, no danger, no property damage was reduced. "He was so happy happy.
Likewise brethren, the monks themselves consistent five hindrances have not renounced, as a debt, such as illness, such as prisons, such as slavery, as the road through the desert. brethren, nor indebted, as being sick, as is from prison, as are free, as are the fresh earth peace, the Monks, Monks Bar hindrances year, when they are eradicated. "
So for the meditation, hindrances in work as a burden, as a bondage and liberation we mean that eased the burden and relieve the binding. When the five hindrances have been eradicated, the new Meditation Meditation actually entered, by a process progresses as follows, as described in the Digha Nikaya: "When the restaurant itself has five hindrances renunciation, pleasure Festival of birth. Due to joy joyful birth; due to joy, the relative calm, so calm yourself pleasures of life. Due pleasures, the mind is still. "
 
C. Certificate for the Fourth Jhana meditationboring, cynical glass to the body, some monks brought the knife to kill his life. Buddha immediately hear the monks gathered again, reprimanded and taught religious teachings anniversary breathing this exhaled breath.





























































"This, monks, the concept of breathing this exhaled breath, practiced, made ​​for fullness is calm, try, homogeneous (Arecanako), stay optimistic, making the evil of bad ones have born or unborn, as they disappear, only pure immediately. example, the monks, in the last month of summer, and filthy dust fly up, as unseasonal rain clouds to make them disappear immediately, just net. Likewise, the monks, the concept that breath breathing, practiced, made ​​for fullness, the president tried pure, homogeneous, stay optimistic, making fullness, is president of Net try, homogeneous, stay optimistic, making the evil, unwholesome bore legal disappeared, net only once "( Business Vesali, respectively V ).
practice 16 When the topic on feelings, on center and on the way, the Buddha taught us to focus minds as to how to achieve results during meditation.
taught him as follows ( Business Kimbila, respectively V ):
"Ananda, lives contemplating the body in body, monks, while resident was enthusiastic, calm and clear mind, mindfulness, photography covetousness for life. Wherefore? Hey Monks, I declare that depends on the body, ie breathing exhalation. So this Ananda, contemplating the body in the body, while residing enthusiasm, calm and clear mind, mindfulness, photography covetousness for life .... Ananda, I declare that the concept depends gathered breath breathing out, not for the sense of forgetfulness and not static, so this Ananda, interest on interest, monks while resident was enthusiastic, calm and clear mind, mindfulness, photography for life ... covetousness Ananda , customary law on the legal, monks while resident was enthusiastic, calm and clear mind, mindfulness, photography covetousness for life. Cessation covetousness, after seeing with wisdom, he skillfully discharge residence. Therefore, this method Ananada shop on the way, monks while resident was enthusiastic, calm and clear mind, mindfulness, photography covetousness for the world. '
"as, Ananda, a great dust heap of garbage at the crossroads line, if a car from the East and go to the trash heap of dust that makes reduced, if the West ... if ... if from the north from the south, a car and go to work for the garbage was reduced to dust, this too Ananda, monks residing in the body in the body, making lessen the evil of bad, when life residing on the feeling ... When residing on the way law, making lessen the evil of bad ones. "
With the quotations of the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness of breathing teachings, we learn and analyze, and we have the following remarks about This practice Anapanasati:
1. teachings belong to the four foundations of mindfulness practice (cattarosatipatthana) method that is mentioned four places (origin) to dwell concept ie body, feelings, mind and legal. these teachings Anapanasati 16 topics mentioned for abiding interest: the four themes of the body, announced the theme of the sensations, the four themes of interest, four of legal topics. The meditation, just breathe in breathe out, visualize just reflections on 16 topics related to breath.
2. Including the practice of meditation and wisdom, including only (samatha) and bars (Insight). Both Quan, The Wisdom are religious but in this method. When using the interest from the mind on breathing and breathing out, so just, so Dinh. When you get wisdom observe 16 selected topics, such as shop, so is knowledge.
3. Because the practice of reciting the breathing of exhaled breath is vital Only tu, tu song Dinh Tue, should two major movements of French subjects should be noted. First of all take third, and fourth in the center column and radial breathing exhalation during sitting meditation, not a moment left. Thus, the treatment is more deep torpor, exchange currency and doubt. During meditation, our mind does not leave breathing exhalation. Only when reached Wednesday Meditation, we need to leave breathing exhalation. Next, we take intellectual observe 16 subjects were selected from subject to subject first 16 minutes, the same continuous observation, and in observing, we have tried to practice to be done is to observe her subjects, so this method of training emphasized the human mind according to subject choice.
example, want to give your heart is feeling joy and optimism, the need to set: "Life feels joy, I will breathe in," he set. "The feeling of joy life, I will breathe out," he set, "The feeling pleasures, I will breathe in," he set. "I'm feeling optimistic life will breathe out," he set. Want to quiet the mind, to set the "calmness out, I will breathe in," he set. "Calmness out, I will breathe out," he set. Want to be the center static, time must be set: "With the static mind, I will breathe in," he set. "With the static mind, I shall breathe out," he set. Depending on what you want to practice center, shop according to what, my time was totally focused on her problems to practice, this can be seen as a method of self-deluding, but there is power to uphold, should other methods deluding normal. We should see France as a psychology professional training, selection of special psychological training felt the need to develop and practice for the psychological.
4. As Buddha said, this method leads to results certified by the Chief Justice in place right now, if there is residue, evidence returner results. Thus, this method leads to enlightenment and ultimate liberation.
5. This method helped us conquer the mind body vibration and vibration, helping our body, our eyes are not tired. This method is a method of tranquility, try, homogeneous, without causing harm to the body and mind. In contrast Meditation helps people communicate current residence. This method has the ability to annihilation covetousness, ameliorated the immoral law.
Consequently, this practice Anapanasati practice, failed to bring harm to the body and mind, can not spell, can not start printing , can not spell, quite a healthy lifestyle, in the morning, an uplifting pp education only benefit the practitioner through the fresh air as meditation, breathing through the air you breathe, nourished by the blissful sensations, thanks to cleanse the mind are hindrances should be discerning eye, the body is healthy, your lungs breathe in, breathe out the air conditioner, the heart beat is regulated, dance conditioning circuit , help the practitioner approaching enlightenment and liberation.
they have presented themselves to experience the Buddha's meditation before the Act, while the Act, during the 45 years of preaching, and while he Nirvana. We have also presented the fundamental teachings of the Buddha on meditation problem. We also introduced the practice of reciting the breathing your breath for Buddhists and scholars can study and practice.
If we apply the practice of reciting the breathing of exhaled breath in life right now At a simple application and perseverance, can 15 minutes, half hour or 1 hour daily, in the morning or evening, and slowly we will admit the practical result of this method . For those focused on nourishing the mindfulness breathing exhalation gives you healthy body and mind needed closer to "Unknown disease, supreme interests" (Arogya paramalabha.)
For those interested in inner strength harmony with the forces of nature, sitting meditation in the sky, in view of the tranquil silence of night or in deep forest solitude, will give us more sense of magic. For those who want to experience life education, foster healthy feelings, the best treatment for pain, joy and foster mindfulness breathing exhalation can help them stay optimistic and look out at life with the eyes optimistic. For those interested in going into psychological issues, education, nurture yourself the power mindfulness, wisdom, teachings about breath meditation helps them achieve the ultimate proof of virtue is freedom of mind , liberating insight.
we try to revive healthy sense of meditation primitive practice of reciting the application of breathing in and breathing out of our daily lives and so we had to repay us kindness sermon of the Buddha's birth is leveled and cut yourself the experience of Buddha's Meditation. So we have a new appreciation of the methods of meditation Buddha lived and the positive impact of meditation teachings. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.7/3/2014.NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).