Buddhism in daily life - Mindfulness in every day tasks Archiv
364 Episoden
6 Minuten
The moment counts
The moment counts, only the moment, past experiences are the past, future events are only dreams, it is difficult to express what cannot be said with words.
The body finds its ways to show the expression of the moment, the final realization that there is only this moment, that penetrates only with difficulty. Whoever realizes that only the moment counts, will automatically make peace, with the environment, but also with himself, with his own ego, because from this realization follows that we are all only guests in this incarnation, so it is not worth it to get upset, to impose reproaches or self-doubt, only the moment counts, what comes after, who knows?
Whoever manages to make the present moment the most beautiful moment in his life, in which he can just make peace with himself (it's just a decision in the end), will do that, depending on the respective karma will do what needs to be done. We all have only a very limited span, which we call "our life". These few moments strung together are to be enjoyed, even if there is little to enjoy.
Depending on our attitude, it may be "the most beautiful moment in my life", or it may be the "horror par excellence", depending on how I want to see it, it will influence my feelings.
For example, if I am completely with myself because I want to set out on the journey to "enlightenment", then the moment takes on a wonderful quality.
However, if I hate my job, my environment, and my center of life, then there is little joyful to say.
It is only a decision whether I like to be me, or prefer to be someone else, therefore taking refuge in drugs, alcohol and addictions. Do I have the necessary strength to "digest" the complexity of life in its fullness, or do I continue to just run away? How would my life change if I continued (and intensified) to follow the Buddha's philosophy?
Can I gain more understanding of myself and my surroundings through the teachings of the teacher of all teachers? Can I experience more mindfulness for the moment? What would have to change in me in order for me to be satisfied with myself? How would my changed perspective affect the moment?
The person who can enjoy the moment as a cleaner of public restrooms is much further along than the wealthy person who is constantly nagging.
Here, the journey is the destination!
Within a moment all are transformed
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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The moment counts, only the moment, past experiences are the past, future events are only dreams, it is difficult to express what cannot be said with words.
The body finds its ways to show the expression of the moment, the final realization that there is only this moment, that penetrates only with difficulty. Whoever realizes that only the moment counts, will automatically make peace, with the environment, but also with himself, with his own ego, because from this realization follows that we are all only guests in this incarnation, so it is not worth it to get upset, to impose reproaches or self-doubt, only the moment counts, what comes after, who knows?
Whoever manages to make the present moment the most beautiful moment in his life, in which he can just make peace with himself (it's just a decision in the end), will do that, depending on the respective karma will do what needs to be done. We all have only a very limited span, which we call "our life". These few moments strung together are to be enjoyed, even if there is little to enjoy.
Depending on our attitude, it may be "the most beautiful moment in my life", or it may be the "horror par excellence", depending on how I want to see it, it will influence my feelings.
For example, if I am completely with myself because I want to set out on the journey to "enlightenment", then the moment takes on a wonderful quality.
However, if I hate my job, my environment, and my center of life, then there is little joyful to say.
It is only a decision whether I like to be me, or prefer to be someone else, therefore taking refuge in drugs, alcohol and addictions. Do I have the necessary strength to "digest" the complexity of life in its fullness, or do I continue to just run away? How would my life change if I continued (and intensified) to follow the Buddha's philosophy?
Can I gain more understanding of myself and my surroundings through the teachings of the teacher of all teachers? Can I experience more mindfulness for the moment? What would have to change in me in order for me to be satisfied with myself? How would my changed perspective affect the moment?
The person who can enjoy the moment as a cleaner of public restrooms is much further along than the wealthy person who is constantly nagging.
Here, the journey is the destination!
Within a moment all are transformed
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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6 Minuten
Is accepted?
We cannot shirk the energy, what we have, we should accept. Without ifs and buts, without maybe and especially without why.
What you have experienced today, that was your life to accept. Whether you are in finals or performing menial tasks, the game of life takes place in the here and now. Hope and waiting is for the fools.
Anyway, today is the best, most beautiful period of time, a blessing. People are poor, life is perilous, but built on values and intense in perception. Those who think they can save themselves drive up the price, but find no substance. Can you accept the energies? Like in a reality show, image after image passes by, but none sticks. And the mystery box, it's a pig in a poke.
Mostly it comes as it must, congratulations, just flowing. Get your strength together, it runs as it must, according to karma. Increases will probably not come, but the realities are felt amazing, visit friends and family, acquaintances and relatives.
My children and our children, no state feels true, the hour of truth to one's self is approaching, no one expects the worst, what is the last thing we will see. Great fear feeling, trembling and weakness, or strength and discipline to the end, will it go to the finals?
Being thrown out in the reality show is like a small death, it remains exciting until the end. Is life just a dream? Mistakes always happen, what will be, does religion or spirituality help, do you deserve the place in the sun?
A lot has happened, again and again there was turbulence, not always the energies and the time streams flowed synchronized. The friendships, the love, the disappointments, difficult decisions that give hope to the shown again. In friendship and peace, not with hatred and resentment should go the way, stay true to yourself.
If you had to make three important decisions, what would you decide? Where will you interject? Doesn't good or evil depend on the perspective of the beholder, pray? And to whom? And for what reasons?
What will come, just accept everything without judging, without demanding, clearly with emotions, but without attachments, without hatred, greed or delusion!
Anyway, there would be hope at the beginning of the journey, reality at the end. What do we already know, annoying questions we so gladly avoid, who has whom on his conscience?
Run!
The way is the goal
Repenting of wrong brings forgiveness
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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We cannot shirk the energy, what we have, we should accept. Without ifs and buts, without maybe and especially without why.
What you have experienced today, that was your life to accept. Whether you are in finals or performing menial tasks, the game of life takes place in the here and now. Hope and waiting is for the fools.
Anyway, today is the best, most beautiful period of time, a blessing. People are poor, life is perilous, but built on values and intense in perception. Those who think they can save themselves drive up the price, but find no substance. Can you accept the energies? Like in a reality show, image after image passes by, but none sticks. And the mystery box, it's a pig in a poke.
Mostly it comes as it must, congratulations, just flowing. Get your strength together, it runs as it must, according to karma. Increases will probably not come, but the realities are felt amazing, visit friends and family, acquaintances and relatives.
My children and our children, no state feels true, the hour of truth to one's self is approaching, no one expects the worst, what is the last thing we will see. Great fear feeling, trembling and weakness, or strength and discipline to the end, will it go to the finals?
Being thrown out in the reality show is like a small death, it remains exciting until the end. Is life just a dream? Mistakes always happen, what will be, does religion or spirituality help, do you deserve the place in the sun?
A lot has happened, again and again there was turbulence, not always the energies and the time streams flowed synchronized. The friendships, the love, the disappointments, difficult decisions that give hope to the shown again. In friendship and peace, not with hatred and resentment should go the way, stay true to yourself.
If you had to make three important decisions, what would you decide? Where will you interject? Doesn't good or evil depend on the perspective of the beholder, pray? And to whom? And for what reasons?
What will come, just accept everything without judging, without demanding, clearly with emotions, but without attachments, without hatred, greed or delusion!
Anyway, there would be hope at the beginning of the journey, reality at the end. What do we already know, annoying questions we so gladly avoid, who has whom on his conscience?
Run!
The way is the goal
Repenting of wrong brings forgiveness
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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6 Minuten
Memories of life
When we wake up they are immediately back, the problems we have grown fond of, because these problems have become memories.
Memories are linked to people, to places or to events that we have "recorded", that spring from the past, not from the NOW and HERE. Now, if you think of your problems as soon as you wake up, you are living in the past, not in the present. From these memories then emotions follow, which extend to the present, because the discontent, the worries and needs, the sadness, all this is immediately present again, immediately with getting up the pains of the life (Weltschmerz) are again there. The present state is thus not created from the NOW, but is based solely on what was.
You thus live in the past, which seems more and more "familiar" to you, which becomes your present, and thus naturally (co)-determines the future.
Thus, your past naturally has to do with your future destiny, because you cannot think "anew", you cannot experience the emotions in the HERE and in the NOW, but you live through the past again and again.
It follows that life will be similar again and again, because the same thoughts determine the same actions again and again. Your behavior is determined by rituals, how we get up, what we do afterwards, tea or coffee, suit or jeans, we have coupled our life to the memories. Showering and coffee, the same way to work, the same rituals, even our thoughts are the same every day, the same things catch our eye, the same smells appeal to us (or repel us), the same events evoke the same reactions, routine becomes our inner software.
Is it still our will to do something, or is it the software (created by us) that is acting right now? Have you outsourced the responsibility for your actions? Have you voluntarily placed yourself in captivity? According to Buddha, we should just not have preconceived judgments (prejudices), but always look at things anew, at least as far as that goes.
If you realize that about 90 % of our actions originate from such software (created by ourselves) then it becomes clear why any change is so difficult for us. The behavior patterns are learned, the reactions come from these preconceived judgments, even the emotions are not from the HERE and in the NOW. If you want to change, you "must" first realize that you also carry "computer programs" (software or apps) within you. Only then you can get to the bottom of the matter, strive for change.
The way is the goal!
Because his memories and intentions are overcome
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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When we wake up they are immediately back, the problems we have grown fond of, because these problems have become memories.
Memories are linked to people, to places or to events that we have "recorded", that spring from the past, not from the NOW and HERE. Now, if you think of your problems as soon as you wake up, you are living in the past, not in the present. From these memories then emotions follow, which extend to the present, because the discontent, the worries and needs, the sadness, all this is immediately present again, immediately with getting up the pains of the life (Weltschmerz) are again there. The present state is thus not created from the NOW, but is based solely on what was.
You thus live in the past, which seems more and more "familiar" to you, which becomes your present, and thus naturally (co)-determines the future.
Thus, your past naturally has to do with your future destiny, because you cannot think "anew", you cannot experience the emotions in the HERE and in the NOW, but you live through the past again and again.
It follows that life will be similar again and again, because the same thoughts determine the same actions again and again. Your behavior is determined by rituals, how we get up, what we do afterwards, tea or coffee, suit or jeans, we have coupled our life to the memories. Showering and coffee, the same way to work, the same rituals, even our thoughts are the same every day, the same things catch our eye, the same smells appeal to us (or repel us), the same events evoke the same reactions, routine becomes our inner software.
Is it still our will to do something, or is it the software (created by us) that is acting right now? Have you outsourced the responsibility for your actions? Have you voluntarily placed yourself in captivity? According to Buddha, we should just not have preconceived judgments (prejudices), but always look at things anew, at least as far as that goes.
If you realize that about 90 % of our actions originate from such software (created by ourselves) then it becomes clear why any change is so difficult for us. The behavior patterns are learned, the reactions come from these preconceived judgments, even the emotions are not from the HERE and in the NOW. If you want to change, you "must" first realize that you also carry "computer programs" (software or apps) within you. Only then you can get to the bottom of the matter, strive for change.
The way is the goal!
Because his memories and intentions are overcome
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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6 Minuten
Everything is completely different
How should we look at the world, how should we see life?
Everything we put together is in the end only wishful thinking, no one can foresee how things are connected.
Anyone who thinks they could ever really put the whole picture together is pretty far off the mark. Everything is one and one is everything, as the universe expands, so it will also contract again.
The unfathomable forms of the planets and galaxies show us dimensions which hint at the squaring of infinity outside of any imagination. What kind of fortune cookie the fate throws down for us today?
Let us calm down, the distractions of life do not help over anything, the empty bodies around us, the language of symbols, highly psychotic. But there are also gifts that our karma assigns. The sun doesn't set over the ocean for everyone, are there things you can bring up in your defense?
Everything is quite different from what we believe, what we believe is determined by superstition, among the blind the one-eyed is the queen, among the "normal" she is handicapped. Whatever may be, even if we grow older it does not mean that we are wiser, no one is bulletproof. We are in a horror movie, or maybe not?
Is it all very different?
Everything is quite different as we feel, because we don't feel things realistically, guilt is in the indictment of probability, family histories leave a bitter taste, existence is not secured at all, not materially, not actually, not even in illusion.
What is this coming to, you ask? Are there gods or witches at work? According to Buddhist philosophy, only when the ego has come to a standstill does the whole picture emerge, then we can advance to enlightenment.
Everything is quite different from how we see it, because seeing is also subject to filters, to free ourselves from pigeonhole thinking seems difficult, conjured up by those who strive for our ego.
If you think about it hard, then you know how things really are, all the incidents that didn't work out suddenly make sense.
I could imagine that the ancestors did not leave their genes and personality to us in vain, their death ended their life, but not the relationships once formed. If there should be a rebirth, then the personality must be transported into the next incarnation after all.
If this were so, then only the way would be of importance, not the past and also not the future.
First force your own self into the right track of the good; then you teach the other. This is how the wise man protects himself from suffering
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero Copyright: https://shaolin-rainer.de
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How should we look at the world, how should we see life?
Everything we put together is in the end only wishful thinking, no one can foresee how things are connected.
Anyone who thinks they could ever really put the whole picture together is pretty far off the mark. Everything is one and one is everything, as the universe expands, so it will also contract again.
The unfathomable forms of the planets and galaxies show us dimensions which hint at the squaring of infinity outside of any imagination. What kind of fortune cookie the fate throws down for us today?
Let us calm down, the distractions of life do not help over anything, the empty bodies around us, the language of symbols, highly psychotic. But there are also gifts that our karma assigns. The sun doesn't set over the ocean for everyone, are there things you can bring up in your defense?
Everything is quite different from what we believe, what we believe is determined by superstition, among the blind the one-eyed is the queen, among the "normal" she is handicapped. Whatever may be, even if we grow older it does not mean that we are wiser, no one is bulletproof. We are in a horror movie, or maybe not?
Is it all very different?
Everything is quite different as we feel, because we don't feel things realistically, guilt is in the indictment of probability, family histories leave a bitter taste, existence is not secured at all, not materially, not actually, not even in illusion.
What is this coming to, you ask? Are there gods or witches at work? According to Buddhist philosophy, only when the ego has come to a standstill does the whole picture emerge, then we can advance to enlightenment.
Everything is quite different from how we see it, because seeing is also subject to filters, to free ourselves from pigeonhole thinking seems difficult, conjured up by those who strive for our ego.
If you think about it hard, then you know how things really are, all the incidents that didn't work out suddenly make sense.
I could imagine that the ancestors did not leave their genes and personality to us in vain, their death ended their life, but not the relationships once formed. If there should be a rebirth, then the personality must be transported into the next incarnation after all.
If this were so, then only the way would be of importance, not the past and also not the future.
First force your own self into the right track of the good; then you teach the other. This is how the wise man protects himself from suffering
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero Copyright: https://shaolin-rainer.de
(Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores)
6 Minuten
Do I need a Chan teacher?
In Asia, the concept of a teacher is widespread, so people come closer together, the wisdom is spread face to face. Here in Europe it is different, the teacher-student situation on a voluntary basis (i.e. outside of school and work) is almost non-existent.
Buddha was one of the great teachers, his charisma has survived the millennia, but his words have been forgotten. Almost every household has a Buddha statue, but what the statements of the so peacefully meditating prince were, that is more or less unknown.
In the West, Buddhist teachers are very rare, few feel called to this work. And the trainers who do exist are sometimes attracted more by the money, less by the task.
Countless variations have changed the teaching since the Buddha's passing, putting a stamp on it. Depending on local customs, dominant teachers, and language and development, completely different Buddhist lineages have developed. Chan Buddhism is a subgroup that follows the patriarchs Bodhidharma and Hui Neng. As a student of Shaolin Temple China, I follow this worldview, but it has also received its imprint through the millennia.
Buddhism in its complexity is so vast that it seems almost impossible to keep track of the various storylines, the philosophy is deep and significant, the beginner faces a wall of Buddhist doctrines, requirements, laws, views and customs. How is one to wade through this chaos? The words of the enlightened one were written down only several centuries after his death in words which are no longer in use today, which can only appeal to "die-hard" Buddhists, the layman switches off mentally.
Of course, one can also make the effort oneself and read in, to inform oneself, to research. But for the normal "feel-good" Buddhist, this is an enormous task.
Finding a teacher makes the matter much easier, but such a "mentor" is not easy to find either. In addition, many also have only half knowledge, because to make the "right" decision seems to be difficult. Those who can manage on their own are usually more advanced, they have already come a long way. But if you are at the very beginning, you should "lean" on a teacher to help you find the path.
No matter how the matter might fit for you, go by your "gut feeling", not by the ratio. For example, when you read (or listen to) my texts, what kind of emotions come up in you? If they are "good" emotions, then stay (for a while) my student, if they are "bad" emotions, then you should search some more.
The way is the goal!
An Awakened One is the teacher of celestial and human beings
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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(Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores)
In Asia, the concept of a teacher is widespread, so people come closer together, the wisdom is spread face to face. Here in Europe it is different, the teacher-student situation on a voluntary basis (i.e. outside of school and work) is almost non-existent.
Buddha was one of the great teachers, his charisma has survived the millennia, but his words have been forgotten. Almost every household has a Buddha statue, but what the statements of the so peacefully meditating prince were, that is more or less unknown.
In the West, Buddhist teachers are very rare, few feel called to this work. And the trainers who do exist are sometimes attracted more by the money, less by the task.
Countless variations have changed the teaching since the Buddha's passing, putting a stamp on it. Depending on local customs, dominant teachers, and language and development, completely different Buddhist lineages have developed. Chan Buddhism is a subgroup that follows the patriarchs Bodhidharma and Hui Neng. As a student of Shaolin Temple China, I follow this worldview, but it has also received its imprint through the millennia.
Buddhism in its complexity is so vast that it seems almost impossible to keep track of the various storylines, the philosophy is deep and significant, the beginner faces a wall of Buddhist doctrines, requirements, laws, views and customs. How is one to wade through this chaos? The words of the enlightened one were written down only several centuries after his death in words which are no longer in use today, which can only appeal to "die-hard" Buddhists, the layman switches off mentally.
Of course, one can also make the effort oneself and read in, to inform oneself, to research. But for the normal "feel-good" Buddhist, this is an enormous task.
Finding a teacher makes the matter much easier, but such a "mentor" is not easy to find either. In addition, many also have only half knowledge, because to make the "right" decision seems to be difficult. Those who can manage on their own are usually more advanced, they have already come a long way. But if you are at the very beginning, you should "lean" on a teacher to help you find the path.
No matter how the matter might fit for you, go by your "gut feeling", not by the ratio. For example, when you read (or listen to) my texts, what kind of emotions come up in you? If they are "good" emotions, then stay (for a while) my student, if they are "bad" emotions, then you should search some more.
The way is the goal!
An Awakened One is the teacher of celestial and human beings
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
Copyright: https://shaolin-rainer.de
(Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores)
6 Minuten
Changing the past
Changing the past, you say that doesn't work, I say that it is very possible.
How to change the past you ask? What has passed is subject to our evaluation, was it a "beautiful" time, or was it "terrible"? That depends exclusively on our opinion, consideration and evaluation. Depending on how we classify the past time, how we decide today, so was the past.
We can change everything, re-evaluate, we are not bound to the conviction of yesterday and the day before yesterday, which is why preconceived judgments (prejudices) make our life difficult, give an immense boost to stupidity. On the other hand, it is almost impossible to constantly decide anew, for example, to choose new dishes every time in the supermarket, or to always reconsider the way "to clean". The answer, as most often, lies in the middle, which is why Buddha spoke of the "middle way."
Before you now completely re-evaluate all the events in your life, it is first important to know where the journey should go for you. The body usually knows better than the ratio about the true connections in your incarnation, let the important decisions be made by your true self, the mind wants, "thinks" and needs, the body "knows".
You say that life has not been good to you?
I tell you that this is not true! You alone determine whether you have had a "good" life. I tell you that you had and have a wonderful life, you are just too greedy, expect too much, that's why you suffer. Because reality does not (and did not) meet your expectations you are dissatisfied. Instead of embracing what is, enjoying what you have, instead you are complaining.
First, change your past, the way you look at what has gone before, then the fog will clear for you, I promise you.
Automatically, as a consequence, the present changes, and with it, necessarily, the future. We determine the world with our thoughts, the whole universe is in our influence. You do not believe that? Until just now you also did not believe that we can change the past.
You have so much power, so many things you can do, only you don't know anything about it (yet). We will change that, whoever reads the texts here will change.
Who follows the philosophy of Buddha knows that nothing is as it seems at first sight.
The way is the goal!
I had such form in a past
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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Changing the past, you say that doesn't work, I say that it is very possible.
How to change the past you ask? What has passed is subject to our evaluation, was it a "beautiful" time, or was it "terrible"? That depends exclusively on our opinion, consideration and evaluation. Depending on how we classify the past time, how we decide today, so was the past.
We can change everything, re-evaluate, we are not bound to the conviction of yesterday and the day before yesterday, which is why preconceived judgments (prejudices) make our life difficult, give an immense boost to stupidity. On the other hand, it is almost impossible to constantly decide anew, for example, to choose new dishes every time in the supermarket, or to always reconsider the way "to clean". The answer, as most often, lies in the middle, which is why Buddha spoke of the "middle way."
Before you now completely re-evaluate all the events in your life, it is first important to know where the journey should go for you. The body usually knows better than the ratio about the true connections in your incarnation, let the important decisions be made by your true self, the mind wants, "thinks" and needs, the body "knows".
You say that life has not been good to you?
I tell you that this is not true! You alone determine whether you have had a "good" life. I tell you that you had and have a wonderful life, you are just too greedy, expect too much, that's why you suffer. Because reality does not (and did not) meet your expectations you are dissatisfied. Instead of embracing what is, enjoying what you have, instead you are complaining.
First, change your past, the way you look at what has gone before, then the fog will clear for you, I promise you.
Automatically, as a consequence, the present changes, and with it, necessarily, the future. We determine the world with our thoughts, the whole universe is in our influence. You do not believe that? Until just now you also did not believe that we can change the past.
You have so much power, so many things you can do, only you don't know anything about it (yet). We will change that, whoever reads the texts here will change.
Who follows the philosophy of Buddha knows that nothing is as it seems at first sight.
The way is the goal!
I had such form in a past
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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(Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores)
11 Minuten
The ceremony in Shaolin Temple London
Shaolin Rainer: Hello, we are in the Shaolin Temple London, and we just do a Buddhist ceremony by a Buddhist nun, and I want her to introduce herself so you can hear about her.
Renryu Dhammavihari: Hello, my name is Renryu, this is my Dharma name, I am a Buddhist nun from China, I am also a PHD student of religious studies in the UK. At the moment I come to Shaolin Temple (London) every week, every Saturday afternoon, we have a group activity here, we just do meditation together, and then have a group discussion about some Buddhist teachings and then we do group chanting for spiritual health, I like here and I enjoy this experience with all this Shaolin friends.
Shaolin Rainer: Please can you explain about the item of chanting, what is the chanting about?
Renryu Dhammavihari: Actually we chant about the Sutra about Guan Yin Possa, do you know Guan Yin Possa?
Shaolin Rainer: Yes, I do.
Renryu Dhammavihari: Avalokiteśvara as well, the great compassion Bodhisattva, he is the very popular Bodhisattva in Chinese Buddhist culture, and we Chinese people usually like to pray to the Guan Yin Bodhisattva for blessings, so we just chant to the Sutra and hope the Guan Yin Bodhisattva can bless us.
Shaolin Rainer: And what is exactly the words, can you translate some to English?
Renryu Dhammavihari: The words, the Chinese content?
Shaolin Rainer: Yes.
– Buddha – Ehrenname des Siddharta Gautama – 560 bis 480 vor dem Jahr Null
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Shaolin Rainer: Hello, we are in the Shaolin Temple London, and we just do a Buddhist ceremony by a Buddhist nun, and I want her to introduce herself so you can hear about her.
Renryu Dhammavihari: Hello, my name is Renryu, this is my Dharma name, I am a Buddhist nun from China, I am also a PHD student of religious studies in the UK. At the moment I come to Shaolin Temple (London) every week, every Saturday afternoon, we have a group activity here, we just do meditation together, and then have a group discussion about some Buddhist teachings and then we do group chanting for spiritual health, I like here and I enjoy this experience with all this Shaolin friends.
Shaolin Rainer: Please can you explain about the item of chanting, what is the chanting about?
Renryu Dhammavihari: Actually we chant about the Sutra about Guan Yin Possa, do you know Guan Yin Possa?
Shaolin Rainer: Yes, I do.
Renryu Dhammavihari: Avalokiteśvara as well, the great compassion Bodhisattva, he is the very popular Bodhisattva in Chinese Buddhist culture, and we Chinese people usually like to pray to the Guan Yin Bodhisattva for blessings, so we just chant to the Sutra and hope the Guan Yin Bodhisattva can bless us.
Shaolin Rainer: And what is exactly the words, can you translate some to English?
Renryu Dhammavihari: The words, the Chinese content?
Shaolin Rainer: Yes.
– Buddha – Ehrenname des Siddharta Gautama – 560 bis 480 vor dem Jahr Null
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6 Minuten
Who believes in rebirth?
What exactly is rebirth? For many people, Buddhist philosophy stands with rebirth as a unity. The knowledge about the philosophy of the Indian prince is thin, but buzzwords like "rebirth", "karma" and "nirvana" have made their way into the language.
Buddhists "know" that there is no "I" in the proper sense, but the illusion of an I fits well with rebirth, because if "I" can be reborn, then the I must have some value, right?
If the cycle of birth, old age, illness and death goes on and on, then we must be born again, otherwise it would not be possible to take the karma with us, and Nirvana could only be reached in the first attempt, right?
Who believes in the karma, believes necessarily also in the rebirth, because how should we otherwise "grow", wake up, where we have already wasted the chances in this life, there we just hope for the next incarnation. There we will make up for everything, there we will be a really "good" person.
Followers of Chan-(Zen)-Buddhism are not completely in agreement with the absolute transitoriness of the present existence (the self with its personality), which is due to the duality of the events, but also due to the beliefs of our ancestors, which have been handed down over many centuries, and which have also been adopted to a good extent in the forms of Buddha's teachings.
Whoever thinks about this will notice that already in some small children a hearty and strong personality is present. The question is, where does this come from?
My father used to say, "To believe is to know nothing; to know nothing is to be stupid." So who believes in rebirth, who can specifically remember past lives?
Chan (Zen) Buddhism is about enlightenment in this life, not the next or the one after that. Chan followers focus on reaching that moment, on getting there, less on what comes after, which is why little is read or heard on "reincarnation." However, Chan Buddhists are not averse to the matter either, so there is a basic acceptance on the subject in any case.
The words of the teacher of all teachers were recorded only many hundred years after his passing away, we know how a history can change already within only one week, what happens only over several centuries? In the sutras it says about the enlightened people who can "remember" the past lives and future lives, "know" about them.
The way seems to be the most important goal!
Who understood that with becoming then there is birth, and for everything that once became, there is old age, illness and death?
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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What exactly is rebirth? For many people, Buddhist philosophy stands with rebirth as a unity. The knowledge about the philosophy of the Indian prince is thin, but buzzwords like "rebirth", "karma" and "nirvana" have made their way into the language.
Buddhists "know" that there is no "I" in the proper sense, but the illusion of an I fits well with rebirth, because if "I" can be reborn, then the I must have some value, right?
If the cycle of birth, old age, illness and death goes on and on, then we must be born again, otherwise it would not be possible to take the karma with us, and Nirvana could only be reached in the first attempt, right?
Who believes in the karma, believes necessarily also in the rebirth, because how should we otherwise "grow", wake up, where we have already wasted the chances in this life, there we just hope for the next incarnation. There we will make up for everything, there we will be a really "good" person.
Followers of Chan-(Zen)-Buddhism are not completely in agreement with the absolute transitoriness of the present existence (the self with its personality), which is due to the duality of the events, but also due to the beliefs of our ancestors, which have been handed down over many centuries, and which have also been adopted to a good extent in the forms of Buddha's teachings.
Whoever thinks about this will notice that already in some small children a hearty and strong personality is present. The question is, where does this come from?
My father used to say, "To believe is to know nothing; to know nothing is to be stupid." So who believes in rebirth, who can specifically remember past lives?
Chan (Zen) Buddhism is about enlightenment in this life, not the next or the one after that. Chan followers focus on reaching that moment, on getting there, less on what comes after, which is why little is read or heard on "reincarnation." However, Chan Buddhists are not averse to the matter either, so there is a basic acceptance on the subject in any case.
The words of the teacher of all teachers were recorded only many hundred years after his passing away, we know how a history can change already within only one week, what happens only over several centuries? In the sutras it says about the enlightened people who can "remember" the past lives and future lives, "know" about them.
The way seems to be the most important goal!
Who understood that with becoming then there is birth, and for everything that once became, there is old age, illness and death?
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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6 Minuten
The Shaolin Temple London Part 3
Have you already read the first part of my series about the "Shaolin Temple London"?
First, Yan Zi then showed me new exercises specially composed for my weak points (back). After being almost sixty years old, my training is more rehab than Kung Fu.
In the afternoon, I took my time recording my English podcast, (the "London edition" so to speak), looking at the many students who came to train, talking to people, and of course waiting for dinner. There is a big kitchen in the temple, my master is a fantastic cook. When it became quiet in the temple we sat down and ate in silence, as we have done so often together, the Shaolin master and the man from Stuttgart, a unit, for almost forty years.
After dinner my eyes fell shut, a journey is just exhausting, I slept immediately and deeply.
The next morning, the instructions already echoed across the courtyard to which my room was attached, the first class had Kung Fu in the courtyard. I heard my master, a reassuring feeling. First a coffee, then into the shower to get fit for the yoga. 40 minutes went by quickly, then my new back exercises, no pain no gain, such is life.
Students came and went, the courtyard was alive, young and older students took turns. I went to my room to record the German podcast, after all episode 67, a certain perseverance is not to deny me. After that I came to the temple dining hall, here was already plenty of activity, people gathered for the meditation, which was led today by a Buddhist nun from China, Fa Shi Renryu Dhammavihari. After the ceremony I "interviewed" the nun, recorded our conversation, which I will edit and publish as a podcast sometime soon. I will present the content of the meditation in a separate post. Anyway, I hadn't spent several hours sitting cross-legged in a while, the immersion was hard to come by.
After the session, the big cooking started in the temple kitchen, everyone seemed to have brought something, a hectic bustle broke out, in a short time the house was "flooded" with all kinds of good smells, I was very much looking forward to the food. The tables were arranged until it was a long table, perhaps you know the picture from the commercials when the happy family sits at a long table.
Holding the sacred life in esteem
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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Have you already read the first part of my series about the "Shaolin Temple London"?
First, Yan Zi then showed me new exercises specially composed for my weak points (back). After being almost sixty years old, my training is more rehab than Kung Fu.
In the afternoon, I took my time recording my English podcast, (the "London edition" so to speak), looking at the many students who came to train, talking to people, and of course waiting for dinner. There is a big kitchen in the temple, my master is a fantastic cook. When it became quiet in the temple we sat down and ate in silence, as we have done so often together, the Shaolin master and the man from Stuttgart, a unit, for almost forty years.
After dinner my eyes fell shut, a journey is just exhausting, I slept immediately and deeply.
The next morning, the instructions already echoed across the courtyard to which my room was attached, the first class had Kung Fu in the courtyard. I heard my master, a reassuring feeling. First a coffee, then into the shower to get fit for the yoga. 40 minutes went by quickly, then my new back exercises, no pain no gain, such is life.
Students came and went, the courtyard was alive, young and older students took turns. I went to my room to record the German podcast, after all episode 67, a certain perseverance is not to deny me. After that I came to the temple dining hall, here was already plenty of activity, people gathered for the meditation, which was led today by a Buddhist nun from China, Fa Shi Renryu Dhammavihari. After the ceremony I "interviewed" the nun, recorded our conversation, which I will edit and publish as a podcast sometime soon. I will present the content of the meditation in a separate post. Anyway, I hadn't spent several hours sitting cross-legged in a while, the immersion was hard to come by.
After the session, the big cooking started in the temple kitchen, everyone seemed to have brought something, a hectic bustle broke out, in a short time the house was "flooded" with all kinds of good smells, I was very much looking forward to the food. The tables were arranged until it was a long table, perhaps you know the picture from the commercials when the happy family sits at a long table.
Holding the sacred life in esteem
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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6 Minuten
The Shaolin Temple London Part 2
I am here again, my master is still training students now, his wife (Mrs. Fu) picked me up at Caledonian Road tube station, drove me to the temple, which is not far from Tufnell Park station.
On the way, her son Tian Tian, who is one of my godchildren, also lived with me for several years, joined me. When my master Shi Yan Zi met his wife he gave up the status of "monk" at that time, but a "master" he remains of course. His Kung Fu is still a dream, his wisdom comprehensive.
When Shi Yan Zi was finished we were able to embrace each other, a long time has passed since the last meeting, the worldwide hysteria also had its effects on the Buddhist community, the London temple was closed for more than six months, today it is running almost normally again.
We sat down at a table in the entrance area of the temple and started talking, as if we had not been apart for more than a week, we picked up more or less seamlessly where we had ended. My master's wife cooked a snack, we talked for a long time, and when we realized it was past one o'clock, we went to bed, somewhat melancholy but brisk.
I didn't really sleep well, my room is big and bright, but in the bed there is no mattress, but a kind of board (futon), which is supposed to be very healthy for the back, but just not what I am usually "used to".
I brought my own coffee (soluble), a kettle is always in a room in a Chinese household; first coffee, then into the shower. I also went through my usual yoga program, I don't leave without my mat, the daily stretching exercises have become incredibly important to me. My master was already training again, I waited until he was done, we greeted each other joyfully. Although there are about ten teachers in the Shaolin Temple London, but to Shi Yan Zi somehow still remains the main part.
He said we were going to a well-known furniture store, he wanted to buy a mattress for my bed. I hadn't said anything, I wouldn't complain under any circumstances, it was his idea, but I wasn't sad about it.
No sooner said than done, we drove around London, first had a coffee in the canteen of the Swedish company, then went through the obligatory tour, found a suitable pad for my bed, and drove back to the temple. The next night will certainly be more restful.
And as always, the journey is the destination!
Shi Yan Zi and me in Chinatown London May 2022
It is finished, life is lived, everything has been done that needed to be done, there is nothing more to do
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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I am here again, my master is still training students now, his wife (Mrs. Fu) picked me up at Caledonian Road tube station, drove me to the temple, which is not far from Tufnell Park station.
On the way, her son Tian Tian, who is one of my godchildren, also lived with me for several years, joined me. When my master Shi Yan Zi met his wife he gave up the status of "monk" at that time, but a "master" he remains of course. His Kung Fu is still a dream, his wisdom comprehensive.
When Shi Yan Zi was finished we were able to embrace each other, a long time has passed since the last meeting, the worldwide hysteria also had its effects on the Buddhist community, the London temple was closed for more than six months, today it is running almost normally again.
We sat down at a table in the entrance area of the temple and started talking, as if we had not been apart for more than a week, we picked up more or less seamlessly where we had ended. My master's wife cooked a snack, we talked for a long time, and when we realized it was past one o'clock, we went to bed, somewhat melancholy but brisk.
I didn't really sleep well, my room is big and bright, but in the bed there is no mattress, but a kind of board (futon), which is supposed to be very healthy for the back, but just not what I am usually "used to".
I brought my own coffee (soluble), a kettle is always in a room in a Chinese household; first coffee, then into the shower. I also went through my usual yoga program, I don't leave without my mat, the daily stretching exercises have become incredibly important to me. My master was already training again, I waited until he was done, we greeted each other joyfully. Although there are about ten teachers in the Shaolin Temple London, but to Shi Yan Zi somehow still remains the main part.
He said we were going to a well-known furniture store, he wanted to buy a mattress for my bed. I hadn't said anything, I wouldn't complain under any circumstances, it was his idea, but I wasn't sad about it.
No sooner said than done, we drove around London, first had a coffee in the canteen of the Swedish company, then went through the obligatory tour, found a suitable pad for my bed, and drove back to the temple. The next night will certainly be more restful.
And as always, the journey is the destination!
Shi Yan Zi and me in Chinatown London May 2022
It is finished, life is lived, everything has been done that needed to be done, there is nothing more to do
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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6 Minuten
Shaolin Temple London
Today I travel to London, visit my master Shi Yan Zi, who is the head of the temple. For a long time I have not seen him, traveling was very difficult for a long time, now it is easier again. I am writing this text at Stuttgart airport, I am here too early, the anticipation has made me forget the time.
The Shaolin Temple in London has been a permanent institution in the metropolis for almost 30 years, is located not far from the metro station "Tufnell Park".
Again I undertake a journey that builds on my actions of almost 40 years ago. If I had not traveled to the Shaolin Temple China at that time, but like "normal" people on vacation, then I would most likely not fly to London now. Our karma builds up over the whole life, everything is predetermined, deep in our ego we know exactly about the connections.
I can't tell you how happy I am to meet the old companions again, the teachers in the Kung Fu school, the staff, my master's family. Attached to the school is a large Buddha room where ceremonies are held, which is used for festivals and celebrations.
My master Shi Yan Zi is a Sanda teacher, which means that the focus is on fighting, less on forms. There is always a lot of action here, many punching bags and a boxing ring complete the training facility.
There are many students from really all countries of the world, London is very cosmopolitan, the confusion of languages is remarkable, but so is the cohesion of the students. Hardly anyone can escape the influence of the Far Eastern culture in the temple, there is a smell of tea and training, there are people everywhere, people are busy training. I am sitting at Stuttgart airport, but I can already "smell" the temple.
At events, the students of my master regularly clear the placements, the training shows effect, the respect grows. Well, my master is also a bit "in the years", he is over 50, I am almost 60 years old, age passes no one without a trace, not even a (former) Shaolin monk. Nevertheless, I train every day for about an hour, I know that my master also hardly misses a day. Even though my exercises have become very moderate lately, discipline is still the defining virtue in my life.
I am very much looking forward to embrace my friends later, the journey almost 40 years ago has effects until today. The way is and remains the goal!
Now it's boarding time!
He who remains faithful to the holy trail will reach the other shore.
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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Today I travel to London, visit my master Shi Yan Zi, who is the head of the temple. For a long time I have not seen him, traveling was very difficult for a long time, now it is easier again. I am writing this text at Stuttgart airport, I am here too early, the anticipation has made me forget the time.
The Shaolin Temple in London has been a permanent institution in the metropolis for almost 30 years, is located not far from the metro station "Tufnell Park".
Again I undertake a journey that builds on my actions of almost 40 years ago. If I had not traveled to the Shaolin Temple China at that time, but like "normal" people on vacation, then I would most likely not fly to London now. Our karma builds up over the whole life, everything is predetermined, deep in our ego we know exactly about the connections.
I can't tell you how happy I am to meet the old companions again, the teachers in the Kung Fu school, the staff, my master's family. Attached to the school is a large Buddha room where ceremonies are held, which is used for festivals and celebrations.
My master Shi Yan Zi is a Sanda teacher, which means that the focus is on fighting, less on forms. There is always a lot of action here, many punching bags and a boxing ring complete the training facility.
There are many students from really all countries of the world, London is very cosmopolitan, the confusion of languages is remarkable, but so is the cohesion of the students. Hardly anyone can escape the influence of the Far Eastern culture in the temple, there is a smell of tea and training, there are people everywhere, people are busy training. I am sitting at Stuttgart airport, but I can already "smell" the temple.
At events, the students of my master regularly clear the placements, the training shows effect, the respect grows. Well, my master is also a bit "in the years", he is over 50, I am almost 60 years old, age passes no one without a trace, not even a (former) Shaolin monk. Nevertheless, I train every day for about an hour, I know that my master also hardly misses a day. Even though my exercises have become very moderate lately, discipline is still the defining virtue in my life.
I am very much looking forward to embrace my friends later, the journey almost 40 years ago has effects until today. The way is and remains the goal!
Now it's boarding time!
He who remains faithful to the holy trail will reach the other shore.
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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6 Minuten
Captivity
The mind follows the body into captivity, the disparate comrades-in-arms are usually in harmony.
Have you ever been "captive"? Sure, maybe only seconds or minutes, but trapped you have been.
But also the opposite case occurs, the body follows the spirit into captivity, it just needs both sides of the personality.
There are many people who resign, who voluntarily put themselves in a kind of prison. Then, when life becomes difficult, the mood remains depressed, then anxious characters take refuge in the abandonment of their self-determination, from then on they become externally controlled.
Imprisonment is a burden for body and mind, but the mental component of self-imprisonment, that is clearly more violent.
Whoever is now so insecure that he/she relinquishes sovereignty over his/her own mind and body in order to then, as a herd animal, put the voices in the head to rest, is on a difficult path; perhaps easier at first glance, but in reality incredibly demanding, because "common sense" is no longer allowed to participate here, otherwise voluntary captivity would end immediately.
Sure, "one" can make everything easy for oneself, run after the masses, become and remain a sheep, but such behavior is not in the spirit of Buddhist philosophy, which always encourages reflection on all events that occur, does not give a place to stubborn humility.
What is captivity for you? Can you imagine what it must be like to be imprisoned in a small room? And what it must be like when you place yourself in mental captivity? Try to put yourself in these "cases", what would your life be like if you tried to cushion things differently, if you didn't think, but resigned yourself to imposed decisions?
There are very many kinds of imprisonment, most of the possibilities are self-chosen. But according to the teaching of the great teacher, all this does not have to be so, because at the beginning of all reflection is the question: Who am I?
This is followed by an answer which, in its consequence, will destroy, indeed must destroy, every captivity. No matter what has drawn you into a dependency or attachment, everything falls away when the answer has turned out honestly. If you lie to yourself, you remain in the awkward situation.
Yes, there are constraints in life, no man is an island, some things we have to do, but others we just don't. Which things do you do because you want to? Which ones because you have to? Where is the limit for you?
The way is the goal!
Difficult to fathom, great in arts, the mind revels in thoughts.
Happiness is only for the wise, who keeps him mindfully in bounds.
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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The mind follows the body into captivity, the disparate comrades-in-arms are usually in harmony.
Have you ever been "captive"? Sure, maybe only seconds or minutes, but trapped you have been.
But also the opposite case occurs, the body follows the spirit into captivity, it just needs both sides of the personality.
There are many people who resign, who voluntarily put themselves in a kind of prison. Then, when life becomes difficult, the mood remains depressed, then anxious characters take refuge in the abandonment of their self-determination, from then on they become externally controlled.
Imprisonment is a burden for body and mind, but the mental component of self-imprisonment, that is clearly more violent.
Whoever is now so insecure that he/she relinquishes sovereignty over his/her own mind and body in order to then, as a herd animal, put the voices in the head to rest, is on a difficult path; perhaps easier at first glance, but in reality incredibly demanding, because "common sense" is no longer allowed to participate here, otherwise voluntary captivity would end immediately.
Sure, "one" can make everything easy for oneself, run after the masses, become and remain a sheep, but such behavior is not in the spirit of Buddhist philosophy, which always encourages reflection on all events that occur, does not give a place to stubborn humility.
What is captivity for you? Can you imagine what it must be like to be imprisoned in a small room? And what it must be like when you place yourself in mental captivity? Try to put yourself in these "cases", what would your life be like if you tried to cushion things differently, if you didn't think, but resigned yourself to imposed decisions?
There are very many kinds of imprisonment, most of the possibilities are self-chosen. But according to the teaching of the great teacher, all this does not have to be so, because at the beginning of all reflection is the question: Who am I?
This is followed by an answer which, in its consequence, will destroy, indeed must destroy, every captivity. No matter what has drawn you into a dependency or attachment, everything falls away when the answer has turned out honestly. If you lie to yourself, you remain in the awkward situation.
Yes, there are constraints in life, no man is an island, some things we have to do, but others we just don't. Which things do you do because you want to? Which ones because you have to? Where is the limit for you?
The way is the goal!
Difficult to fathom, great in arts, the mind revels in thoughts.
Happiness is only for the wise, who keeps him mindfully in bounds.
- Buddha - honorary name of Siddharta Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero
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13 Minuten
Room Meditation part 3
Feel your left energy field!
Feel your front energy field!
Feel your right energy field!
Feel your back energy field!
Take up some more space, similar to a balloon expand.
Feel the boundaries of your body on the left side!
Feel the limits of your body on the front side!
Feel the limits of your body on the right side!
Feel the limits of your body on the back side!
Left ear, left shoulder, left torso, left hip, left leg.
Nose and mouth, chin, chest, belly, hips and legs.
Right ear, right shoulder, right torso, right hip, right leg.
Back of head, neck, back, buttocks, hips and legs.
The energy flows, the body arrives at the gate to nirvana, clouds carry the body.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
Which parts of the body form the left boundaries, the front boundaries, the right boundaries and the back boundaries. Where does the energy flow?
Which parts of the body form the upper boundaries, the head, the shoulders and the arms. Where does the energy flow upward? Can you see it?
Can you feel the energy, the light, the flow of the universe? Continue to stretch, take in "your" space.
Now, with the whole body now connected to the I, we sense a part of the universe. The breath is our natural connection with Buddha nature.
Slowly you come back to your "normal" environment, eyes open, senses return, life goes on, meditation comes to an end.
The way is also the goal in meditation!
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Feel your left energy field!
Feel your front energy field!
Feel your right energy field!
Feel your back energy field!
Take up some more space, similar to a balloon expand.
Feel the boundaries of your body on the left side!
Feel the limits of your body on the front side!
Feel the limits of your body on the right side!
Feel the limits of your body on the back side!
Left ear, left shoulder, left torso, left hip, left leg.
Nose and mouth, chin, chest, belly, hips and legs.
Right ear, right shoulder, right torso, right hip, right leg.
Back of head, neck, back, buttocks, hips and legs.
The energy flows, the body arrives at the gate to nirvana, clouds carry the body.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
To the left, to the front, to the right, to the back.
Which parts of the body form the left boundaries, the front boundaries, the right boundaries and the back boundaries. Where does the energy flow?
Which parts of the body form the upper boundaries, the head, the shoulders and the arms. Where does the energy flow upward? Can you see it?
Can you feel the energy, the light, the flow of the universe? Continue to stretch, take in "your" space.
Now, with the whole body now connected to the I, we sense a part of the universe. The breath is our natural connection with Buddha nature.
Slowly you come back to your "normal" environment, eyes open, senses return, life goes on, meditation comes to an end.
The way is also the goal in meditation!
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14 Minuten
Room Meditation part 2
Each breath occupies a different space. Breathe in all directions of your body, to the head, to the arms, to the legs, into the ground. The longer we practice, the more energy we take from the ground, we give back to the ground.
The boundary between the earth and the body becomes blurred, we have the feeling of floating, no longer feel the downside. The energy within us increases, the concentration can be felt, in the hands, the legs, the shoulders, elbows, the head. Feel the energy, the radiance of the energy, a halo is created around us, we breathe up, down, left and right.
Feel the boundaries of your body, first on the left side, then on the right, feel the rays of your own energy.
The energy to the left radiates from all left parts of the body, from the left ear, left shoulder, left torso, left waist, left thigh, lower leg and foot, even from the left fingers and toes energy flows to the left.
The energy to the front radiates from all the front parts of the body, the nose and mouth, the chin, the chest, the abdomen, the waist, the crotch, the front thighs, lower legs and feet, even from the front fingers and toes energy flows to the front.
The energy to the right radiates from all the right parts of the body, from the right ear, right shoulder, right torso, right waist, right thigh, lower leg and foot, even from the right fingers and toes energy flows to the right.
The energy to the back radiates from all the back parts of the body, from the back of the head, the back of the neck, the back, the waist, the buttocks, the back thighs, lower legs and feet, even from the back fingers and the back part of the feet, energy flows to the back.
Do you feel the energy, or some form of light? Imagine such an energy field, what would such a "halo" have to be like?
Take in a little more space again with each breath, expand to the left, to the front, to the right, to the back, what is the space that suits you? Whether you are sitting in the living room, in the car or on the locality, what is the space that suits you, where should your skin be, where is it? Why is there a difference here, what is preventing you from occupying the space that is "right" for you?
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Each breath occupies a different space. Breathe in all directions of your body, to the head, to the arms, to the legs, into the ground. The longer we practice, the more energy we take from the ground, we give back to the ground.
The boundary between the earth and the body becomes blurred, we have the feeling of floating, no longer feel the downside. The energy within us increases, the concentration can be felt, in the hands, the legs, the shoulders, elbows, the head. Feel the energy, the radiance of the energy, a halo is created around us, we breathe up, down, left and right.
Feel the boundaries of your body, first on the left side, then on the right, feel the rays of your own energy.
The energy to the left radiates from all left parts of the body, from the left ear, left shoulder, left torso, left waist, left thigh, lower leg and foot, even from the left fingers and toes energy flows to the left.
The energy to the front radiates from all the front parts of the body, the nose and mouth, the chin, the chest, the abdomen, the waist, the crotch, the front thighs, lower legs and feet, even from the front fingers and toes energy flows to the front.
The energy to the right radiates from all the right parts of the body, from the right ear, right shoulder, right torso, right waist, right thigh, lower leg and foot, even from the right fingers and toes energy flows to the right.
The energy to the back radiates from all the back parts of the body, from the back of the head, the back of the neck, the back, the waist, the buttocks, the back thighs, lower legs and feet, even from the back fingers and the back part of the feet, energy flows to the back.
Do you feel the energy, or some form of light? Imagine such an energy field, what would such a "halo" have to be like?
Take in a little more space again with each breath, expand to the left, to the front, to the right, to the back, what is the space that suits you? Whether you are sitting in the living room, in the car or on the locality, what is the space that suits you, where should your skin be, where is it? Why is there a difference here, what is preventing you from occupying the space that is "right" for you?
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13 Minuten
Room Meditation
A meditation for sublimity and humility, guided by the intention to reach enlightenment.
It is about the space we occupy and the space that a person "should" occupy, but can not occupy because the center is missing. This can be worked on, life is hard, without diligence no prize, without discipline no Buddhism.
The goal is to release the consciousness and "let go", not attach.
Sit quietly but tensely for the things that are coming now, keep yourself straight and erect, already after a few breaths more and more relaxed, the face, the neck, the shoulders, the breathing becomes deeper, takes more space, the space shows itself, which is "my" space, do I bring up the necessary discipline that it needs for this?
Now a particularly deep breath, then we fill the word "OM" with air, with our mouths closed we blow OM into us, keeping the energy inside us, but breathing out the used air.
In the first round, hum the OM three times, then breathe normally for one minute, as you wish. Then breathe out the OM "silently" five times, deep inhale, silent exhale (through the nose), you hum OM but you do not speak it.
Continue to leave the consciousness behind, no longer perceive the body as "your" body, but see it as "a" body, the mind detach from the ego, which wants to persuade you "that you can't do it".
Feel the boundaries of the space you occupy, where does your backside sit up, what points on your legs are in contact with the ground, where are your hands, where does your skin end? Briefly become aware of the boundaries before you finally shift consciousness into nirvana, at least for a while.
Every breath brings new energy, which now arrives in the whole body, the breath even goes into the legs, into the hands, into the head. Between the ground and the air there is a kind of battery that fills us.
We expand in all directions, breathing is calm and slow, we see our inner center in front of us, take note of it.
From now on, breathe in and out with the sound of my master stick, surrender to the monotony.
Room Meditation
A meditation for sublimity and humility, guided by the intention to reach enlightenment.
It is about the space we occupy and the space that a person "should" occupy, but can not occupy because the center is missing. This can be worked on, life is hard, without diligence no prize, without discipline no Buddhism.
The goal is to release the consciousness and "let go", not attach.
Copyright: https://shaolin-rainer.de
(Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores)
A meditation for sublimity and humility, guided by the intention to reach enlightenment.
It is about the space we occupy and the space that a person "should" occupy, but can not occupy because the center is missing. This can be worked on, life is hard, without diligence no prize, without discipline no Buddhism.
The goal is to release the consciousness and "let go", not attach.
Sit quietly but tensely for the things that are coming now, keep yourself straight and erect, already after a few breaths more and more relaxed, the face, the neck, the shoulders, the breathing becomes deeper, takes more space, the space shows itself, which is "my" space, do I bring up the necessary discipline that it needs for this?
Now a particularly deep breath, then we fill the word "OM" with air, with our mouths closed we blow OM into us, keeping the energy inside us, but breathing out the used air.
In the first round, hum the OM three times, then breathe normally for one minute, as you wish. Then breathe out the OM "silently" five times, deep inhale, silent exhale (through the nose), you hum OM but you do not speak it.
Continue to leave the consciousness behind, no longer perceive the body as "your" body, but see it as "a" body, the mind detach from the ego, which wants to persuade you "that you can't do it".
Feel the boundaries of the space you occupy, where does your backside sit up, what points on your legs are in contact with the ground, where are your hands, where does your skin end? Briefly become aware of the boundaries before you finally shift consciousness into nirvana, at least for a while.
Every breath brings new energy, which now arrives in the whole body, the breath even goes into the legs, into the hands, into the head. Between the ground and the air there is a kind of battery that fills us.
We expand in all directions, breathing is calm and slow, we see our inner center in front of us, take note of it.
From now on, breathe in and out with the sound of my master stick, surrender to the monotony.
Room Meditation
A meditation for sublimity and humility, guided by the intention to reach enlightenment.
It is about the space we occupy and the space that a person "should" occupy, but can not occupy because the center is missing. This can be worked on, life is hard, without diligence no prize, without discipline no Buddhism.
The goal is to release the consciousness and "let go", not attach.
Copyright: https://shaolin-rainer.de
(Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores)
