Benefits of Meditation in Buddhist

BENEFITS OF MEDITATION IN BUDDHIST

 "Do you want to sleep better, manage stress or want to be happiness in your hard time? ... If you are looking to gain insights into the mind, this method is the true goal of mindfulness and awareness meditation."

Meditation in Buddhist by Monk

Benefits of Meditation in Buddhist make you get balances and heals the Positive Mind and it can Promotes joy, bliss and happiness. Meditation can gives you the confidence to face and overcome challenges include add you the energy to inspire and uplift others. The more you do it, the more develops mental focus and concentration.

Meditation can get rid of bad habit, and even some bad situation in your life. Meditation helps us control negative emotions (such as anger and envy) and uncover positive qualities such as compassion and lovingkindness, and also gives us all the tools we need to develop the goodness that already exists within.

“In Buddhist tradition, meditation is one of the famous and important method to make your mind to calm, composure, peace and real happiness."

Meditation can be transform suffering into happiness. It’s not a complicated practice, but it requires us to cultivate mindfulness, concentration, and insight.


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"Happiness is impermanent, like everything else. In order for happiness to be extended and renewed, you have to learn how to feed your happiness. Nothing can survive without food, including happiness; your happiness can die if you don’t know how to nourish it. If you cut a flower but you don’t put it in some water, the flower will wilt in a few hours."

The first thing to do is choose a meditation method you can do it easily by yourself with the right method and the right time. Meditation shouldn’t feel like work. it's similar to the way that fitness is an approach to training the body but this is for your mind. In the meditation method, It’s extremely difficult for a beginner to sit for hours, in general, the easiest way to begin meditating is by focusing on the breath —


CONCENTRATION MEDITATION

Concentration is born from mindfulness. Concentration has the power to break through, to burn away the afflictions that make you suffer and to allow joy and happiness to come in.

To stay in the present moment takes concentration. Worries and anxiety about the past or the future are always there, ready to take us away. We can see them, acknowledge them, and use our concentration to return to the present moment.

When we have concentration, we have a lot of energy. We don’t get carried away by visions of past suffering or fears about the future. We dwell stably in the present moment so we can get in touch with the wonders of life, and generate joy and happiness.

Concentration is always concentration on something. If you focus on your breathing in a relaxed way, you are already cultivating an inner strength. When you come back to feel your breath, concentrate on your breathing with all your heart and mind. Concentration is not hard labor. You don’t have to strain yourself or make a huge effort. Happiness arises lightly and easily.

Concentration meditation involves focusing on a single point. This could entail following the breath, repeating a single word or mantra, staring at a candle flame, listening to a repetitive gong, or counting beads on a mala. Since focusing the mind is challenging, a beginner might meditate for only a few minutes and then work up to longer durations. You simply refocus your awareness on the chosen object of attention each time you notice your mind wandering. Rather than pursuing random thoughts, you simply let them go. Through this process, your ability to concentrate improves. Mindfulness meditation encourages the practitioner to observe wandering thoughts as they drift through the mind. The intention is not to get involved with the thoughts or to judge them, but simply to be aware of each mental note as it arises.

Through mindfulness meditation, you can see how your thoughts and feelings tend to move in particular patterns. Over time, you can become more aware of the human tendency to quickly judge an experience as good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant. With practice, an inner balance develops.




In Buddhist philosophy, the ultimate benefit of meditation is liberation of the mind from attachment to things it cannot control, such as external circumstances or strong internal emotions. The liberated or “enlightened” practitioner no longer needlessly follows desires or clings to experiences, but instead maintains a calm mind and sense of inner harmony.

There are various other meditation techniques. For example, a daily meditation practice among Buddhist monks focuses directly on the cultivation of compassion. This involves envisioning negative events and recasting them in a positive light by transforming them through compassion.


 7 STEP EASILY MEDITATION EXERCISE :-

1) Find a quiet place away from noisy distractions. Pick a convenient time and comfortable spot.

2) Sit in the lotus position, there are other good options or lie comfortably. You may even want to invest in a meditation chair, cushion or even a couch, so long as you feel comfortable. Do your best to find a position where your spine is aligned. Your neck and shoulders should be relaxed.

3) Close your eyes and make no effort to control the breath during the meditation session and simply breathe naturally.

4) Focus your attention on the breath and on how the body moves with each inhalation and exhalation. Awareness of the present moment is key. Acknowledge their presence and go back to focusing on the breath. Breathing in becomes a delight, and breathing out can also be a delight. You truly come to enjoy your breathing.

5) Notice the movement of your body as you breathe. Observe your chest, shoulders, rib cage, and belly. Simply focus your attention on your breath without controlling its pace or intensity. If your mind wanders, return your focus back to your breath.

6) Some beginners, start with short sessions also helps you to gain the momentum you’ll need to sustain your practice in the long run.

7) Maintain this meditation practice for two to three minutes to start, and then try it for longer periods. As many meditation experts suggest, the quality of your meditation is more important than the length.


Additional More Step of Meditation in Buddhist
Written by Thich Nhat Hanh

LETTING GO!
"LETTING GO" The method of creating joy and happiness is to cast off, to leave behind. There is a kind of joy that comes from letting go. Many of us are bound to so many things. We believe these things are necessary for our survival, our security, and our happiness. But many of these things—or more precisely, our beliefs about their utter necessity—are really obstacles for our joy and happiness.

Sometimes you think that having a certain career, diploma, salary, house, or partner is crucial for your happiness. You think you can’t go on without it. Even when you have achieved that situation, or are with that person, you continue to suffer. At the same time, you’re still afraid that if you let go of that prize you’ve attained, it will be even worse; you will be even more miserable without the object you are clinging to. You can’t live with it, and you can’t live without it.

If you come to look deeply into your fearful attachment, you will realize that it is in fact the very obstacle to your joy and happiness. You have the capacity to let it go. Letting go takes a lot of courage sometimes. But once you let go, happiness comes very quickly. You won’t have to go around searching for it.

Imagine you’re a city dweller taking a weekend trip out to the countryside. If you live in a big metropolis, there’s a lot of noise, dust, pollution, and odors, but also a lot of opportunities and excitement. One day, a friend coaxes you into getting away for a couple of days. At first you may say, “I can’t. I have too much work. I might miss an important call.”

But finally he convinces you to leave, and an hour or two later, you find yourself in the countryside. You see open space. You see the sky, and you feel the breeze on your cheeks. Happiness is born from the fact that you could leave the city behind. If you hadn’t left, how could you experience that kind of joy? You needed to let go.


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