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Walking Meditation
Walking Meditation
Thich Nhat Hanh
· April 10, 2011
· Taiwan
Walking meditation is practiced to bring the mind back to the here and now, allowing each step to be nourishing and healing. By stopping all thinking about the past, future, or projects, one feels truly alive and grounded. The miracle is not walking on water or fire, but walking on the earth. This practice cultivates solidity, 不動, and freedom, 自在, which are the foundations of true happiness. Through mindfulness and concentration, the Pure Land is available in the present moment.
The first four exercises of mindful breathing from the Anapanasati Sutra are:
- Recognizing the in-breath as in-breath and the out-breath as out-breath.
- Following the in-breath and out-breath from the beginning to the end.
- Being aware of the whole body.
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Releasing the tension and pain in the body.
These practices can be integrated into daily life by using a bell of mindfulness, a telephone ringing, or a red light as signals to return to the breath and release tension.
The Dharma is characterized by three qualities: Sandiṭṭhika, dealing with the present moment; Akālikā, transcending time with immediate effects; and Ehipassiko, the invitation to come and see through direct experience. To generate joy and happiness, four methods are offered:
- Letting go of “cows” or ideas of happiness that actually cause suffering.
- Mindfulness of the many conditions of happiness already present.
- Concentration.
- Insight.
When strong emotions like anger or despair arise, the seventh and eighth exercises teach how to recognize and embrace them tenderly. Like a mother holding a crying baby, mindfulness embraces the emotion without violence or suppression. During an emotional storm, one should practice deep belly breathing, focusing on the rise and fall of the abdomen at the dantian point. Just as a tree remains stable during a storm because of its deep roots, focusing on the trunk of the body rather than the branches of the mind provides safety and solidity. An emotion is only an emotion; it comes, stays for a while, and goes. By practicing this, one is no longer afraid of strong emotions.
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Thich Nhat Hanh
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01:53:44
Thich Nhat Hanh
01:53:44
Interpreter
01:53:45
Thich Nhat Hanh
01:53:45
Interpreter
01:53:45
Thich Nhat Hanh
01:53:45
Interpreter
01:53:45
Thich Nhat Hanh
01:53:45
Interpreter
01:53:45
Thich Nhat Hanh
01:53:47
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Thich Nhat Hanh
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