Learn Meditation Techniques

Learn Meditation Techniques

To meditate is to familiarize our mind constantly and thoroughly with a virtuous object.

Meditation has many functions:

  • It overcomes inner problems such as those created by anger, jealousy, attachment, and ignorance.
  • It controls our mind and brings inner peace.
  • It enables us to cultivate virtuous intentions that lead us to perform good actions.
  • It eliminates non-virtuous intentions that lead us to perform harmful actions.

To practise meditation we first need to learn Dharma by listening to and reading correct instructions.

By practising meditation we gain experience of the many levels of spiritual realization and progress to higher and higher levels of spiritual attainment until we accomplish the highest of all, the state of Nirvana.

To practise meditation we first need to learn Dharma by listening to and reading correct instructions. We then need to contemplate the meaning of what we have heard and read. We contemplate Dharma to understand its meaning clearly and to gain conviction, testing it to see if it is logical and coherent, whether it makes sense in terms of our own experience, and whether its purpose is worthwhile. Once we have gained a firm understanding of the meaning of Dharma and have confidence in its reliability we are ready to practise meditation.

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