RLG206H5 Chapter 3.5.6: Test 8 Reading (How to Meditate - Some Practical Advice)
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3. (cid:887). (cid:888) how to meditate: some practical advice: outline techniques and subjects of meditation, contain more down-to-earth type of practical advice to help beginning meditators deal with hindrance. Following selection is a work from second century buddhist poet asvaghosa. It contains his rendition of the advice that the. Nanda was very attached to his wife when the buddha shanghaied him into joining the sangha (hoping to give him a different form of bliss) After closing the windows of the senses with the shutters of mindfulness, you should know the proper measure of food that is conducive (helpful) for meditation and good health. Too much food obstructs the flow of one"s breathing, leads to lethargy and sleep, and saps one"s strength (causes purposelessness) Too little food removes the body"s substance, its glow, its vitality, its ability to act, and its strength.
