Questions tagged [technique]
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In visualisation meditations, I don’t know “where” to look
When I first started meditating, the body scan phase confused me. For a long time, I imagined the shape of a body in front of me in the distance, and scanned down through it. More recently I’ve ...
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breathing techniques in buddhism
My name is Prakash Karki. I am from Nepal. . I have just read 1 book on buddhisam and that is biography and philosophy of buddha. I became very serious about this spiritual stuff. I have been ...
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What is the deep sound that buddhist monk make during meditation called
I have often noticed buddhist monk make deep sound, something that feels might be coming from the naval or sometimes the throat. I want to know more details about the sound. What is the origin and if ...
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Does Buddhism give methods to ask questions when you are proliferating?
From What is the Buddhist view in Socratic questioning?, I get that it is important to ask questions to get out of sufferings. However, when we are getting stuck it is very difficult to realize that ...
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Meditation - how to practice it?
Is it more important to develop one's own meditation skills or follow a prescribed method of a teacher? After all I think the Buddha worked it out for himself. And I have noticed in my own practice ...
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Meditation or practicing technique has benefits of prenatal elaboration?
I had heard in the yoga class there's something like prenatal elaboration and it's benefits. Then if a pregnant woman will practice meditation or techniques so baby will born wise, calm, intelligent, ...
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Should I meditate on one thing or just any sensation that arise?
As I research I am hearing people say pick a single point and focus on that. Then I hear other say you should just focus on the sensation that arise in your body. Personal one point focusing is much ...
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Benefits of sleeping in a sitting posture
Occasionally some buddhists monks will take up the practice of only sleeping in a sitting posture for an extended duration of time - sometimes up to 3 months.
What are the meditational (preferably ...
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Nose Object Problems
If one practices Goenka style Vipassana or Anapana meditation then the main object of contemplation is the nose area.
If one has a cold and the nose is blocked then is it o.k. to breath through the ...
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Text request--Tibetan Buddhism
I am looking for some legal, online Tibetan Buddhist texts.
I have been studying Buddhism for a long time (although mostly Theravada) and so I am not looking for something at the beginner level.
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