マインドフルネスを解放する:シャマタとヴィパシュヤナー瞑想の探求」
1. 「内なる平穏を見つける:シャマタとヴィパシュヤナーの旅」
2. 「マインドフルネスを解放する:シャマタとヴィパシュヤナー瞑想の探求」
3. 「静けさに包まれる:シャマタとヴィパシュヤナーの実践を探る」
シャマタ
ヴィパシュヤナー
◆ Stop and view
There are two Indian Buddhist meditation traditions: Shamata and Vipashyanah. They are translated as “stop” and “kan”, respectively. The two are collectively referred to as “Taikan”, and the “Tendai Magi-Tankan” is famous as a systematic thing. However, in general, “Tankan” is somewhat difficult and seems to be a special training. There is a mystery that has been broken. However, even in Nanden Buddhism, these two meditation methods (in Pali, called “Samata” and “Vipassana”) are extremely orthodox meditation methods, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are still the alpha and OMEGA of training. .
Shamata
Shamata is essentially calming. This practice is not about thinking or focusing on something. That’s true in most Buddhist dictionaries, but it’s not true. This should be called a kind of abandonment of the subject (a practice of “selfishness” in the Buddhist style), and in concrete terms, it means just breathing.
Stretch your back, relax your shoulders and deep breath. No other special effort is made. This is the practice of Shamata.
Vipashyanah
It is an essential premise for the next Vipashyana practice
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The original meaning of Vipashyanah is “observation.” What to observe is the Buddha’s law, the Buddhist law. For example, in Nanden Buddhism, we observe each doctrine of the doctrines that have been emphasized since primitive Buddhism, such as “Permanence”, “Bitterness”, and “Self”. That practice is all about training. In this way, Buddhist doctrines are not unconditionally believed dogmas, but all must be conceived through the practice of meditation.
When it comes to Mahayana Buddhism, Vipashyanah is exclusively about the sky. This is called “Kankan”.
Naturally, even in esoteric Buddhism, Vipashyanar is emphasized. Rather, it was esoteric Buddhism that culminated in the practice of Vipashyanah. The practice system consists of numerous Vipashyanahs corresponding to the various mandalas, but the Ajikan has been emphasized as the most simple and independent view that can reach the extreme of esoteric Buddhism.
◆ Overview of Aji
Ajikan is a meditation method of contemplating Aji in Sanskrit. Normally, you sit in front of a dedicated hanging scroll.
The hanging scroll is dark blue. In the center, there is a white circle with a diameter of about one elbow (about the length of an elbow, about one shaku), that is, a moon ring (gachirin), in which a golden A character is placed. A lotus flower pedestal of Yaba is added to this, but there are two types, a moon ring on the lotus stand, a pattern with an A in it, and a pattern with an A on the lotus stand. It is said that they are based on the placental method and Kongo method, respectively, but the latter pattern is more common.
There are hundreds of biographies in the works and manners, including “Ajikanshinkoukoujutsu” written by Kukai and written by Takaki’s younger brother, and several “Ajikan” written by Kakuru. Absent. However, since the basic rules are based on the usual esoteric Buddhist law, it is desirable to receive guidance from an orthodox teacher when practicing.
In summary,
First, scoop out your mouth, then enter the hall.
The seating method is either Yagi or Semi-Legit.
After signing the Self-Defense Law, he recites the Bodhisattva Shingon and the Sanmai Yakai Shingon, chants the Five Great Wishes, and recites the Dainichi Nyorai’s Five Characters (Shingon). This part is the correct line for Ajikan (described later).
The shape of the hand is the Hokai seal or the Mida seal. When it’s over, I’ll make a decision, recite the power of three strengths, and if there’s a prayer, I will pray, and finally I will throw five bodies again and go out.
At that time, it is important to “have compassion for the heart.”
You will need to be directly informed about the traditional fine manners and knowledge. However, the Indian meditation tradition does not always choose time and place for meditation. Once you have received all the instructions, you should have the comfort of being able to carry it out anytime, anywhere, for example on the train, as a daily routine. If you don’t have a hanging scroll, it would be fun to go to the real moon.
◆ View of moon ring as a premise
The view of Aji is set with the view of the moon ring. There is also a hanging scroll with only the moon ring without a letter, so beginners may only watch the moon ring. Rather, that is preferable, and it is more effective to proceed to Aji after learning the moon ring.
A simple way is to open your eyes and look at the moon ring. Close your eyes
Then slowly pull the moon ring into your chest. Repeat until the moon ring is clearly set in your chest. Thinking that the white moon of Shirajo is shining in herself, she returns the moon ring to the hanging scroll again. You’re done.
What is human nature? Good or bad? Although opinions are divided, Buddhism says that the true nature of one’s mind is clean. Based on this, the image of a concrete full moon is the image of the moon ring. I wonder if Hirai’s knowledge is to always have a full moon in my heart!
In addition to the view of the moon ring, there is a wide view and a new view. The wide view is to gradually inflate the full moon ring drawn into the chest. The size of the first moon is about one elbow, but make it big enough to fit your body. As I settle down, I expand this moon to the size of a room (dojo) and eventually to the size of a house, and further expand the scale from the land to the size of the earth, solar system, galaxies, and the universe.
Is there a limit to the human mind? We are dwarfed with our own hearts, and we are constantly delighted with the immediate future. It might be good to try the feeling of space universe in this way.
The perspective is the opposite of the perspective. The endlessly enlarged moon is restored to its original size.
In addition, as a sequence, it is customary to perform a number of breathing views prior to the moon ring. This is a way of breathing, it only counts breaths consciously. There are various methods of counting, but the number of breaths to be exhaled is counted to one, two and ten, and again to be one and two, and the interval between breaths is gradually lengthened.
● Aji’s method and significance
Once you have become accustomed to the moon ring view, place the A character inside the full moon ring and move on to the A character view.
There are three views: voice, letters, and reality.
The A sound is not only the first sound in the alphabet, but all the Sanskrit characters basically include the A sound, so it is regarded as the original sound and the fundamental sound.
So, first of all, I would like to look at Aji in the voice. At first, she utters quietly, slowly and long. Gradually reduce the vocalization, and at the end, keep in mind. The sound that comes out of himself fills himself, and eventually he permeates the entire universe.
Next, look at the shape of Aji with <view of Aji of character>. The point is that you can see the full moon ring, the lotus flower of Yaba, and the three letters of A in the heart.
Finally, we will examine the meaning of Aji in <Actual view of Aji>. Traditionally, the theory of “book immortality” is as follows.
First of all, as mentioned above, “A” is the basis of all speech sounds, so it becomes a symbol of the root of all things. From there, it is considered to be the “A” in the Sanskrit word “Ardi”.
Next, in the Sanskrit, “a” is also used as a negation. There are various types of denial, such as permanent, selfless, and unbreakable, but they are generally regarded as the “A” in the Sanskrit Anutupada, which means “immortality.”
Buddhism does not preach the creation of the world. Therefore, the creator cannot accept it. All things are created by the edge and destroyed by the edge (Lingus theory). Every occurrence has a book. A book also has a book, because nothing comes from nothing. Then what is the original book? Of course someone didn’t. If the original book came about, why did it come from?
So it wasn’t “caused.” But if they haven’t occurred, why are there so many things? In the end, the original, beyond-thinking situation, which can be asked whether it has occurred or not, is called “honsei”, and it is expressed in A and is called “Ajihonsei.”
The origin of all things will be the universe itself, just as all things are there. And the mother universe of all things will be full of compassion like the mother of life.
It is not the dark cold material space that modern physics depicts. The universe that created us as spiritual and spiritual beings cannot be like that.
If so, it is no wonder that Mother Universe is a Buddha. Furthermore, it may be called Dainichi Nyorai as the highest honorific name.
Thus, Aji becomes a symbol of Dainichi Nyorai, the universe Buddha. To think about Aji and keep it in my heart is nothing but to experience the essential and essential identity between myself and Dainichi Nyorai.
Note that it should not be an ego expansion. Of course, the fact is that you can’t realize it without deceiting yourself.
If this is adapted to us, consider the book of our own life (soul). Everybody leaves the hometown of life and continues the journey of this life, and when the journey ends, he returns, a longing for the place of its origin. For old songs,
“The child of Aji stands out from the hometown of Aji and returns to the hometown of Aji.”
In other words, to think of your roots