ASIAN 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Desire Realm, Body Plan
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Dharma/teaching = more important to preserve than meditation. Our mind in every day life = too distracted. 2 major types of meditation (generalized from various types) Get canvas and make a circle of mud in the center. After it dries, sit down and meditate in front of it. When distracted, put back, repeat process until can visualize circle perfectly in mind without it being there. Turns into circle of light = sign of access concentration. Seek to develop level of concentration equal to that of form realm or above (first concentration) Envision things such as loss of suffering, love, happiness, etc. Concentration on wish to level of strength that gets mind outside of desire realm. Death is certain and time of death is uncertain. Foundation of vows that is important in meditation. Concentration has physical and mental joy - payoff. Need to meditate on idea that there is no self. Enter there if develop state of mind to get there.