WHAT IS THE RIGHT ATTITUDE FOR MEDITATION ?

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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