Part II.

Practicing Method

A. Few Don'ts
1. Before meditation, learn methods of practice clearly to avoid misunderstandings and false.
2. Do this meditation practice mixed with other Zen teachings, as this is difficult to achieve at the cavalry and results.
3. Meditation has time to be patient, sit every day, and preferably chose to sit at the right time. Oil briefly sickness sitting meditation as well. Only perseverance sitting meditation, so every day, right on time sleep, day after day, for the rest of his life, oil sitting just half an hour or an hour, need most is patience. Persisting here is the mother of success.
4. Long meditation can start up a strange phenomenon, but it is just so phenomenal power of meditation leads to that then take it, is not the phenomenon of liberation, and not much to lose also back. We should only be considered as a normal phenomenon, just like that, then continue as normal meditation.
Buddha Dhamma is practical current, effective immediately, to come and see, it is likely uplifting. Meditation, too, the good results of Zen will be waiting for us, when we practice the proper methods of practice and perseverance, no rotten interior.
B. Practicing the method
that you know the purpose, meaning and benefits of this meditation method would introduce practice, includes 3 phases: body conditioning, Air Conditioner breath and mind.
( 1) To regulate the body:
It belongs to meditation, from sitting so important, how to sit can sit long, no anesthesia, no pain, no strain and no oscillations, keep your back straight.
way to sit : Sitting consists of five movements.

Sitting cross-legged: Led the left foot placed on the side of his right foot, then headed side of his right foot placed on the left foot, pulling both the first leg against the abdomen. So-called lotus position. It is possible to put on the top side of his right foot left foot, left foot and head of his right foot placed on the side also. This is the best way to sit, help your back straight, sit not tired no longer numb. Initially sit unfamiliar pain, but a collective term used to sit down, simply practice is gradually being. If the pain is not sitting, the time to sell the old sitting just a foot up to a thigh is enough.
waistband straight: Always keep your back straight, do not hunt down cartilage, sitting for long periods is bad for your back. Cartilage can sit down long back, while keeping your back straight.
Keeping up his nose, neck and navel straight line, not leaning or left-hand side, so that the head and keep your back straight a line.
then to hand on the left hand side, two fingers close together so touched, then pressed his elbows on the side, his back pressed firmly to keep it straight.
steam head down, not too high, not too low bow.
Finally, close your eyes, do not be too strong to moderate fatigue born. Sitting not so agitated in 10, 15 minutes to 30 minutes. Do not sit for more than 1 hour without guidance.

Should sit on a small mattress, cushions sit a half, to two knee close to the floor. Choose ventilated seats, fewer flies and ants, can also sit in th. The time of the morning or evening is best before bed, or afternoon also, how the body sitting there not fluctuate. When sitting keep clean calm the body and mind, do not eat it, do not drink, do not make strong moves before sitting.
(2) Air breath:
After complete body conditioning, air breathing followed. To recite in front, very mindful breathing, mindful breathing, do not breathe too sharply, no wheezing, breathing evenly, gently and take the concept of the breath, not to leave anniversary breath. Finished breathe, exhale count 1, count 2 is the same, so also count 3, count to 5. Count 5 is finished, count back from 1 to 6. Count 6 is complete, return count from 1 to 7. Count 7 finished, return to the count from 1 to 8. Count 8 is finished, return the count from 1 to 9. Count 9 is complete, return count from 1 to 10. Count to 10, so the conditioning is complete breath.
idea NOTE use the breath, breathe in breathe out steadily, counting sequentially breath properly, do not count wrong, do not stay overnight. Conversely, should continue to breathe in breathe out, always recite the breath, if wrong count, the count begins again until very smooth. Air breathing, counting from 1 to 5 and continue from 1 to 10 in about 5 or 6 minutes is just.
(3) Air attention:
When breathing air, the object of the concept that breath, breath, through conditioning center, the object is 16 threads: the four themes of the body, the four themes of sensation, four themes of interest, four of legal topics.
Than Four topics:

1. Long inhalation, I clearly know I breathe in long. Exhale long, I clearly know I breathe out long.
2. Breathing in short, I clearly know I breathe in short. Exhale short, I clearly know I breathe out short.
3. Feeling my body will breathe. Feeling my body will exhale.
4. An Executive spirit, I will breathe. An Executive spirit, I will breathe out.

Four themes of Life:

5. Feeling joy life, I will breathe. Feeling joy life, I will breathe out.
6. Feeling optimistic life, I will breathe. Feeling optimistic life, I will breathe out.
7. Feeling her mind, I will breathe. Feeling her mind, I shall breathe out.
8. Calmness out, I will breathe. Calmness out, I will breathe out.

Four themes of Mind:

9. The feeling of interest, I will breathe. The feeling of the mind, I shall breathe out.
10. With a joyful heart, I will breathe. With a joyful heart, I will breathe out.
11. With qualitative mind, I will breathe. With the static mind, I shall breathe out.
12. With freedom of mind, I will breathe. With freedom of mind, I shall breathe out.

Four themes of France:

13. Shop impermanence, I will breathe. Shop impermanence, I shall breathe out.
14. Management participation, I will breathe. Management participation, I will breathe out.
15th. Quan break, I will breathe. Quan break, I will breathe out.
16th. Quan abandoned, I will breathe. Quan abandoned, I will breathe out.

Contemplation:
1. There are two objects have radial column concept: ie breathing exhalation and 16 threads. For example, when the concept first sentence: long inhalation, I clearly know I breathe in long, when the concept was just breathing monitor, just watched the phrase "long inhalation, I clearly know I breathe in long". Thus the two concepts, concept has a long breath, just reciting "long inhalation, I clearly know I breathe in long". Mindfulness, or more properly speaking the range and working two jobs this quarter.
every subject, we breathe in and breathe out once we repeated three times for each subject. So if a sufficient meditation for all 16 subjects, we breathe in 48 times, 48 times out of breath, breathing moderate, we spend about 7, 8 min. If breathing slow time of about 10 minutes.
started two threads, we need to clearly know when you breathe in, you breathe out. But the remaining 14 subjects, we must cultivate an individual subject. For example, with the theme: "An act spirit, I will breathe in". He has used tracking breathing anniversary episode just how when you breathe, your body really calm, no fluctuations. The other topics are similar practice. Thus, every breathing and breathing out concepts we use to track breathing and breathing out, ie we reciting. We clarified the inappropriate thoughts, we focus on our nose while you breathe in, breathe out, so we practice regarding. And in each exhale breathing, our thinking and visualizing the subject in question, so we practice on Tue. Shedding of practice breathing exhalation is here.
2. Anniversary theme for the 16th to the subject, then we recite the first topic to topic 16th, so continue until the specified time. Do not forget how the concept, do not mess messy concept, do not get in the wrong concept. If there are errors, the concept from the beginning.
3. Want to easily concepts, we can have it as a standard four subjects, four subjects completed this, we pass four other subjects, so easy to remember and avoid thoughts.
4. 8 we can see the first anniversary of the World, thanks to this concept 8 subjects (4 of the body, and 4 belong to life) we are calm body, calm the mind, we are feeling joy, dear peace, so very good for the body affects the mind and meditation. Four topics of interest in meditation, making the mind and body rejoice, meditation and enlightenment. Four themes of belonging legal knowledge, focusing particularly impermanent, management participation, consistent annihilated, abandoned shops, leading to liberation from the defilements (negativity), is enlightenment. Thus, the concept is a full 16 subjects practicing full-About-The Brain.
5. While seated, from 30 minutes to 60 minutes, is the most difficult concept to breath and columns into 16 topics. Many fleeing concept, makes us think of something everywhere. When you know, we had to stop immediately, and return to the beginning, no depressed.
6. We must be aware of the sequence of goodwill 5, paragraph 5 hindrances than sequentially, first quarter operating range column on breathing and 16th anniversary theme, thus, the exception is more deep torpor (sleep ) and comfort. Thanks to dwell on the concept of breath and 16 subjects so blissful boot up, and when joy arises, the cut through the field and exchange currency. When the abiding joy, especially peanuts, the heliocentric start up and get rid of greed. This process is very important, help us understand the progression of meditation and meditation assess our true or false. If meditation that languid, passive, lazy, cantankerous grumpy, angry, sick of constant growth and indulgence, while meditation is so misleading. When the body and mind meditation feels gentle, excited, happy, cheerful, less disease, less negativity, the meditation is so good results.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 ).