«Дар освобождения», курс 24 «Пустой Будда — высшая защита», занятие 3

[Speaker 1]
Okay, so you can go like that, I don't care. Okay, park your car.

[Speaker 2]
Ready?

[Speaker 1]
Sit up straight. Forehead is relaxed. Very important for the corners of the mouth to be relaxed.

And it's very important for the eyelids to be relaxed. Fingers are relaxed. Stomach a little bit pulled in.

And find a place where you can keep it a little bit tight. And that will help your lower back. And then slowly start to watch your breath.

Watching your breath is not meditation. That's part of parking the car. So, it helps you to park the car.

Then, after you watch your breath, you should forget about your breath. So, watch your breath. Long exhales.

And that will relax your body and your mind.

[Speaker 2]
Let's watch your breath for a few minutes. Then please ask your teacher to come and meditate with you.

[Speaker 1]
And they come and sit in front of you. Even though your eyes are closed, you can see their face. They're very happy that you are meditating.

[Speaker 2]
Happy that you asked them to come. Then think about something beautiful about your teacher.

[Speaker 1]
Something you would like to have them do. About yourself. And thinking about that beautiful thing is honoring them.

Then we make them an offering. There's a famous offering where you cover the sky with flowers. It's called samantabhadra.

Let's try that today.

[Speaker 2]
If we all imagine the sky over Phuket covered with flowers.

[Speaker 1]
And offer that to our teachers. Now we clean away some bad seeds. Which will make the later meditations today more strong.

So, I'd like you to try to think of something in the last 24 hours. Very small negative thoughts about other people here. So of course we all love each other.

And we are having a very beautiful harmony here so far. But yesterday, did you have any very small negative thoughts? Like this guy talks too loud.

Or this lady is a little bit irritating. Okay, and go over the last 24 hours. See if there are any small things you would like to clean.

And we'll spend a few minutes here. Now the opposite. It's like a small coffee meditation.

What nice things did you do yesterday? Tell your lama about it. It's very important to give the good things equal time to the bad things.

So, last 24 hours, small, small good things. Who did you smile at? Who did you give a hug?

Who did you say something nice to? Who did you serve?

[Speaker 2]
Who did you watch serving and you enjoyed it?

[Speaker 1]
And be happy about it. We'll spend a few minutes here. And please ask your teacher to teach.

Teachings, after you ask for them, teachings can come in many unexpected ways. Maybe someone says something that inspires you, unexpectedly. Or someone says something that corrects you, unexpectedly.

We believe all those teachings are coming from your teacher.

[Speaker 2]
Through the people around you.

[Speaker 1]
So ask for Dharma teaching.

[Speaker 2]
But also ask for the small teachings that come all day. Then ask your teacher, please stay in my life. Please stay close to me.

[Speaker 1]
In this meditation we made a lot of good seeds. And the best way to protect them is to give them to other people. So I'd like you to think of one person here that you know.

And in your heart, offer all these good seeds from the last few minutes into their heart. I would like to make you a gift of my good seeds. Then slowly you can open your eyes.

Take a stretch.