Updated Mar 2010
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禪修學佛入門 Introduction to
Buddhism and Meditation2011/02/26
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Updated Mar 2010
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ná mó fó tuó南 無 佛 陀
Namo Buddha
ná mó dá mó 南 無 達 摩
Namo Dharma
ná mó sēng qié南 無 僧 伽
Namo Sangha
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Towards a
Liberated and
Enlightened Life
煩惱輕 智慧長
Meditation禪修
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Lotus Flower Blossoms From Your Footstep 每一步都使蓮花開花
1. When you are walking, you are aware of that:a) Your heal is up.
b) You are lifting your foot.
c) Your body is moving forward.
d) You are lowering your foot.
e) You are touching the floor with your toes.
f) You are pressing your foot on floor.
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The Miracle of Mindfulness in Your Walking 正念奇跡1. Breathing 呼吸2. Walking 行3. Counting 數4. Keeping a half-smile 微笑This can generate:5. Mindfulness 正念6. Concentration 專注7. One-pointedness 一心8. Peace 和平9. Happiness and Appreciation. 愉快
感謝心
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1. The miracle is to walk on the
earth
2. The miracle is to walk on empty
space.
3. The miracle is to walk on empty
space with energy balance.
4. The miracle is “you are walking
and breathing”.
Walking with Appreciation
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Walking Meditation
1. You are walking in the moon2. Walking with one foot on the
ground.3. You are landing on earth with
another foot.4. You re-gain your freedom.5. Your foot is a king’s seal.6. A lotus flower blossoms from
each footstep7. The earth emerges.
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Sitting 7 Postures: 調身七支坐法
1.足支:結跏趺坐 Full/half lotus/free seat 雙單散盤,足心向上 2.腰脊支:脊直肩平 Spine and neck straight, back flat 背平頸直3.手支:手結定印 Left palm below abdomen, right palm on the
left palm, thumbs touching each other 姆指相挂4.肩胛支:頂門向上 shoulder upright and head top 頭正容寬,收
斂下顎 Chin withdrawn5.头颈支: Head upright and neck straight 6.舌支:舌抵上顎 Tongue on upper jaw 兩唇輕合7.目支:雙眼平視 , 半開半閉 , 視若無睹 Eyes level and natural
開合自然 ,
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Observing Your Mind
1. Aware of breathing, counting, sensing, and smiling.2. Observing your thoughts without commenting.3. Always bring your consciousness back to the
present of moment if your mind is wandering.4. Keep yourself always calm, relax but focusing on
what you are doing.5. Appreciate your breathing, counting, sensing and
smiling.
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1. Very relaxingly and unconcernedly
count from 1 to 10.
2. Count your breaths, calling one
exhalation and inhalation just on
breath.
3. When you have reached ten, resume
counting from 1 again.
4. As your skill develops, you will be able
to count to 100 in 10 groups of ten,
without having your mind wander and
without dropping off to sleep.
Counting Breaths
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Achievements in Counting Breaths
Your breath is slowing down.Your mind is becoming more peaceful.Confusion and sleepiness decrease.You trace your breath as if the breath
is felt to enter and leave through your pores.
You experience yourself dissipating like a cloud and melting away like a fog.
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Chapter One The meaning of Buddha
1. What does Buddha mean?2. Who is Tathagata?3. What is the difference
between awareness and enlightenment?
4. What is ignorance?5. Do you know how many
levels of awakening?6. Is Buddha a human being?
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Chapter One The meaning of Buddha
The term Buddha means "Awakened". As he fully comprehended the Four Noble Truths and as he arose from the slumbers of ignorance he is called a Buddha. Since he not only comprehends but also expounds the doctrine and enlightens others, He is called a Samma-Sambuddha --a Fully Enlightened One.
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Chapter One The meaning of Buddha
Buddha means awakened one. 佛是覺者
Awakening includes awareness and enlightenment.
覺有覺察和覺悟
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Chapter One The meaning of Buddha
There are three levels of awakening:
1. Eliminate all the hindrance of seeing and thinking 見思惑 ( 自覺 )
2. Able to enlighten others 塵沙惑 ( 覺他 )
3. Eliminate all ignorance 無明惑 ( 覺滿 )
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Chapter Two Gautama Buddha’s Life (1)Siddhartha Gautama, Known as the Buddha, was born in the sixth
century B.C. in what is now modern Nepal. His father, Suddhodana, was the ruler of the Sakya people and Siddhartha grew up living the extravagant life of a young prince. According to custom, he married at the age of 16 with a young girl named Yasodhara. His father had ordered that he live a life of total seclusion, but one day Siddhartha ventured out into the world and was confronted with the reality of the inevitable suffering of life. The next day, at the age of 29, he left his kingdom and newborn son to lead an ascetic life and determine a way to relieve universal suffering.
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Chapter Two Gautama Buddha’s Life (1)
For six years, Siddhartha submitted himself to rigorous ascetic practices, studying and following different methods of meditation with various religious teachers. But he was never fully satisfied. One day, however, he was offered a bowl of rice and milk from a young girl and he accepted it. In that moment, he realized that physical austerities were not the means to achieve liberation. From then on, he encouraged people to follow a path of balance rather than extremism. He called this The Middle Way.
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Chapter Two Gautama Buddha’s Life (1)
That night Siddhartha sat under the Bodhi tree, and meditated until dawn. He purified his mind of all defilements and attained enlightenment at the age of thirty-five, thus earning the title Buddha, or “Fully Enlightened One”. For the remainder of his eighty years, the Buddha preached the Dharma in an effort to help other sentient beings reach enlightenment.
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yuàn xiāo sān zhàng zhū fán năo
願消三障諸煩惱We wish to rid ourselves of the three hindrances and all klesas.
yuàn dé zhì huì zhēn míng lĭao
願得智慧真明了We wish to gain wisdom and real understanding.
pŭ yuàn zuì zhàng xī xiāo chú
普願罪障悉消除 We wish all sinful hindrances to be totally eradicated.
shì shì cháng xíng pú sà dào
世世常行菩薩道In one life after another we always follow Bodhisattvas’ paths.
回向Parinamana (Transfer of Merit)