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Right Intention – Samyak Saṃkalpa
As you cultivate Right View, set a strong intention to understand the Dharma, behave morally,
practice meditation, enjoy worldly pleasures responsibly, and ultimately attain liberation.
Benefits: Your intention to attain liberation becomes strong, and you create the conditions for
your enlightenment.
Time: 1 hour a week; continuously.
Meditation – Samādhi
Develop inner peace through Tranquility Meditation and Insight Meditation. Right Effort
(Samyag Vyāyāma), Right Mindfulness (Samyak Smṛiti) and Right Concentration (Samyak
Samādhi) concern meditation. These practices are often best done at first in short time periods,
and you can extend the time as you become more advanced.
Sitting Posture for Meditation
Sit in a comfortable meditative posture on a cushion:
1. Your legs are in the Meditation Pose (Dhyāna Āsana, also called Lotus Pose or Padma Āsana),
with your feet resting on your thighs, or the Half-Lotus Pose (Ardha Padma Āsana), one foot
resting on one thigh, or cross-legged. Your hands are in the Gesture of Meditation (Dhyāna
Mudrā) either just below the navel or in your lap, left hand under the right hand, the ends of the
thumbs slightly touching, and elbows slightly sticking out.
2. Your eyes are half open.
3. Your eyes gaze softly at the tip of your nose.
4. Your back and neck are straight.
5. Your shoulders are straight, nose in line with your navel.
6. Your lips are gently closed.
7. Your tongue rests gently against the roof of your mouth.
As you hold the posture, let your body be relaxed. Focus your awareness on the point where the
breath enters and leaves your body between the nostrils and upper lip. Breathing is relaxed,
natural, silent, steady, and even.
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