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You can protect yourself without becoming what hurt you.

Question 36: How Should One Set Intentions Before Meditating?

Question 35 — WHY MUST ONE SIT IN THE FULL LOTUS POSTURE?

⁠QUESTION 34: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF BODY STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES IN MEDITATION PRACTICE?⁠

QUESTION 33: PLEASE EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT THE PRACTICES OF SAMATHA (MEDITATIVE TECHNIQUE) AND VIPASSANÂ (DOCTRINE CONTEMPLATION)?

QUESTION 32: WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE BODY'S INVISIBLE VITAL AIR?⁠

⁠QUESTION 31: PLEASE ELABORATE ON THE ROLE OF QI GONG IN MEDITATION PRACTICE⁠?

QUESTION 30: WHY DO PEOPLE USE DIFFERENT MEDITATION APPROACHES YET STILL BEING ABLE TO ANCHOR THE MIND?

QUESTION 29: AS WE HAVE MANY RESPONSIBILITIES TO MANAGE AND CARRY IN LIFE, HOW CAN WE FIND STILLNESS AND PEACE FOR MEDITATION?⁠

⁠QUESTION 28: MERIT IS ESSENTIAL IN MEDITATION PRACTICE. SHOULD ONE ACCUMULATE A GREAT DEAL OF MERIT BEFORE BEGINNING MEDITATION?⁠

QUESTION 27: WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMILITY IN MEDITATION PRACTICE?

QUESTION 26: WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPASSION OR LOVING-KINDNESS IN MEDITATION?

QUESTION 25: MORALITY HOLDS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE IN MEDITATION PRACTICE...?

QUESTION 24: RIGHT ENDEAVOUR MEANS PRACTICING MEDITATION CORRECTLY EVEN WITHOUT SEEING RESULTS. ..?

QUESTION 23: WHAT ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF A PROPER MEDITATION METHOD THAT ANYONE CAN PRACTICE?

QUESTION 22: HOW SHOULD ONE BEGIN THE PATH OF MEDITATION?

QUESTION 21: CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE PHENOMENON OF SUDDEN MEDITATIVE ATTAINMENT OR SUDDEN AWAKENING?

QUESTION 20: WHAT DOES ENLIGHTENMENT MEAN?

QUESTION 19: IF A PRACTITIONER FEELS INNER PEACE AFTER A PERIOD OF CULTIVATION, CAN THIS BE CONSIDERED ENLIGHTENMENT?

QUESTION 18: THE “PALACE GATE” IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OUTER WORLD AND THE PALACE OF MEDITATION. HOW CAN ONE ENTER THIS GATE?

QUESTION 17: WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT MEDITATION METHODS, HOW CAN ONE KNOW WHICH PATH LEADS TO ENLIGHTENMENT AND NO-SELF (ANATTÂ)?

QUESTION 16: THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT MEDITATION METHODS IN BUDDHISM TODAY. WHY IS THAT?

QUESTION 15: PLEASE EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL THE PATH OF MEDITATION IN BUDDHISM?

⁠QUESTION 14: COULD YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON USING ATTENTION AS A TOOL TO ANCHOR THE MIND?⁠

QUESTION 13: PLEASE ELABORATE ON USING THOUGHT FOR CONTEMPLATION TO CULTIVATE INNER AWARENESS AND MINDFULNESS.

QUESTION 12: WHILE IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE TO USE THOUGHTS TO CULTIVATE A MORAL MIND, IT SOUNDS...?

QUESTION 11: WHY IS MERIT (PUÑÑA) IMPORTANT FOR MEDITATIVE CULTIVATION?

⁠QUESTION 10: WHY IS MORALITY IMPORTANT FOR THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION?

⁠QUESTION 09: WANDERING THOUGHTS COME FROM THE MIND. USING THAT MIND FULL OF WANDERING THOUGHTS TO CALM ITSELF IS RATHER TOO DIFFICULT TO APPLY, ISN'T IT?⁠

QUESTION 08: WHAT IS THE CORRECT FULL LOTUS POSTURE FOR MEDITATION?

QUESTION 07: CAN YOU PROVIDE A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF MEDITATION TECHNIQUES FROM BASIC TO ADVANCED?

QUESTION 06: VERY FEW PEOPLE CAN STOP THINKING BECAUSE THE BRAIN IS PROGRAMMED TO THINK CONTINUOUSLY?

⁠QUESTION 05: IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. HOW CAN THIS BE EXPLAINED?⁠

QUESTION 04: WHY IS IT SAID THAT TRUTH CAN LEAD TO ENLIGHTENMENT, AND WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT?

QUESTION 03: WHY IS IT SAID THAT SEEING TRUTHS WILL LEAD TO HAPPINESS?

QUESTION 02: WHY IS IT SAID THAT SEEING TRUTHS WILL LEAD TO MORALITY?

QUESTION 01: WHY DO WE HAVE TO PRACTICE MEDITATION?

Buddhism Meditation: Bringing Up And Clearing Up