NDC616 Features of Meditation

Basics. Purpose of Meditation. The Practice of Shamatha Meditation and the Nine Stages.

Single-Pointed Meditation

About single-pointed meditation:

1. Body posture (Buddhism 7 Point Posture of Vairochana)
2. Focal point
   1. Breathe in, breath out.
   2. 21 cycles (or 5 minutes ≈ 60 cycles)
   3. If lost count, restart from 0.
   4. Multi task it with tiny white dot visualization between nose and upper lip, 2-3-4mm diameter.
3. Identifying errors of meditations
   1. Mental laxity and excitement.
4. Applying remedies to overcome the errors
   1. Introspection: keep an eye on the mind to see what it is doing. Vigilance. Spying on your mind. Once it notices big changes it hands the task to Mindfulness (see below).
   2. Mindfulness: the rope. Tying it to the pillar.
   3. Both remedies help help increase reactivity but does not help with productivity.