Dhammakaya: Meditation Made Easy (video)

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Meditation allows the mind to move less so that it finally stops wandering. With concentration it intensifies and becomes able to see reality as it truly is. This insight is liberating -- as the Truth sets one free.

Meditation is not mere relaxation. A well-centered mind is the gateway to happiness, wisdom, and eventually complete freedom.

Meditation is the gateway to other realms and to the timeless nirvana (nibbana). What is nirvana? It is the condition beyond the cycle of samsara, which is the round of rebirth and suffering.

(meditationthai.org)

Meditation bridges samsara and nirvana so that one experiences them together -- free from suffering within the round. One does not wait to be "reborn" in nirvana the way one must await rebirth in any of the many heavens. Nirvana is to be experienced here and now.

All buddhas of the past as well as followers of the Dharma who mastered the highest levels of meditation are able to enter the condition of nirvana which, while it is achieved in samsara, leaves it behind.

The center of the movement is a massive world stupa on the outskirts of Bangkok with obvious space (heavenly deva) influences (dmc.tv).

• DHAMMAKAYA is a lay meditation movement that originated with Thai Buddhists and became a worldwide organization providing meditation instruction, bringing together traditions and Sanghas (monastic orders) in harmony for the benefit of keeping the Buddha's message regarding enlightenment alive and making it relevant in daily life.

THE TECHNIQUE

Wisdom Quarterly

The simplified Dhammakaya ("dharma body") meditation technique is straightforward. One visualizes a small, clear crystal globe vibrating the soothing mantra Samma Arahan ("right enlightenment," /saa-MA ah-rah-HAN/). The crystal is first visualized floating outside the nostril (right side for males, left side for females due to subtle nervous system differences). It then enters the body, still vibrating, until it stops at its second station up the nostril. It then moves to the center of the brain. The mantra is recited in sync with slow, natural breathing, inhaling the first word and exhaling the second, stopping at each of seven points in the body (as shown on chart). They are considered dantian, but their exact location is unique to this system. Attention and the visualized object finally comes to rest at the center of the body just above the bellybutton. It is useful to wear all white and often helpful to sit in guided visualization until one becomes accustomed to entering a meditative state.

(Meditation Thai)

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