Seven meditations I've played over the years.

When I first came into contact with meditation, a friend dragged me to attend the seventh winter meditation in Baotai Ancient Temple in our town in the evening. A friend said that the seventh annual meditation is a grand and extraordinary activity in the temple. At that time, I had no idea what "Zen Seven" was. At that time, I got off work during the day and had a lot of time at night, so I let nature take its course.

The great instrument originated from the oath made by Buddha Sakyamuni when he was practicing under the bodhi tree: "If you don't have a license, you don't deserve to sit in this seat", which finally became enlightenment on the seventh day! Therefore, there is a saying in Buddhism that you become a Buddha in seven days. Playing seven times with meditation is called "Zen seven". Therefore, the purpose of Zen seven is to see nature clearly and regard nature as Buddha; Therefore, the Buddhist temple playing Zen Seven is called "Choosing a Buddhist Temple".

Playing seven is a "seven" cycle. Generally, seven sevens are played continuously from the winter solstice, that is, seven sevens are played for forty-nine days, and some people play ten sevens or twenty sevens continuously. Modern life is fast-paced, and most people are very busy, so there are often monasteries playing a seven. The Zen Seven in our Baotai is usually a seven, that is, seven days.

There is a strict ceremony to play Tanabata. Masters and lay people who participate in meditation sit on incense, eat and drink tea every day (afternoon tea is often called "medicine stone", probably because Buddhists don't eat in the afternoon? ), seemingly casual, is actually "who sits who knows"! It turns out that Zen Seven is actually a method of collective penance!

The first time I sat on incense, it took about an hour (that is, a wick of incense). With my yoga skills and quiet temperament, I thought I could pass easily. Who knows, with the sound of Master's wooden fish, dozens of Buddhist temples were instantly quiet.

Every time in yoga class, the coach always asks everyone to sit down first, and the voice guides everyone to adjust their breathing and enter meditation ... So, I quietly roll up my legs, my ischium is deep, my back is upright, my spine is abduction, I close my eyes lightly, leave a gap, keep my head up, slightly close my chin ... take a deep breath, and then take a deep breath: I silently practice abdominal breathing ... I feel my heart slowly quiet. After about ten or twenty minutes, all kinds of ideas began to emerge in my mind, which can be described as unconstrained style! No, no, pull it back, take a deep breath, and then try to clear the air from my lungs ... okay, okay, my heart seems to be calm again. Alas, alas! Wait, the sides of the waist are so sour! My back hurts like a tear! The ankle joint compresses the calf artery, and the lower thigh is sore and numb!

As a result, days are like years, minutes are like time!

Meditation is like climbing a mountain. Every step of the climb can be very difficult. However, climb up step by step and stick to it step by step. Maybe, suddenly, you will find that you have reached the peak, even the top of the mountain! Perhaps, at the moment when you "climb to the top of the mountain to have a look", you will find that other mountains are dwarfed under the sky. , you may suddenly realize? !

The Buddhist scripture says, "A pure heart is full of Dojo". If we can continue the meditation in the seventh meditation into our daily life, then life will be full of Dojo and life will be full of Dojo. We meditate in life and live in meditation.