Медитация 1

[Speaker 1]
Okay, we'll start. So, this is the description of the eight form and formless realm levels due to the kindness of the Virgin. Samten shupo nam ni samten dangpo la yin la nga le.

So, I will teach you the four form realm levels, he said.

[Speaker 2]
Is that ...? I'm sorry, what?

[Speaker 1]
I'm getting there. Okay, he said, what are the four formless realm levels? And ...

[Speaker 2]
this explanation comes from ...

[Speaker 1]
I got the form realm levels from a lama named Tsonawa. Tsonawa. He lived 200 years before Tsongkapa.

He's a Kagyu lama. Tsongkapa was a Kagyu in the way that Jesus was Jewish. So, there are great books from all the Tibetan traditions that we use, and this is the most famous explanation of Allison's book.

Vinaya. Okay, so here's the explanation. Five parts to ...

now, eight levels right? Four form, four formless. We're talking about number one now.

[Speaker 2]
So, I'll read you number one from the text, then we'll try to go into it.

[Speaker 1]
Why are we doing this? Because if you want to see emptiness, you need to do the lion's dance. What's the lion's dance?

Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do.

[Speaker 2]
No translation. Okay, you have to be able to go in and out, okay?

[Speaker 1]
And it gets more complicated, and we'll talk about it. Okay, so five parts to this one. DOP PA DANG CHOS PA NYID KYI GNYEN PAS YIN LA DE, DOD GANG GI GYUR NA SANG STENG DANG PA YIN PAS LA, TSING DU DOP PA DANG ZHUGS DU CHOS PA'O, You still have Vittarka and Vichara here.

Only this one. Only the first one. You still have general awareness of the music in the grocery store, and following the bass line.

[Speaker 2]
So, at this one, your mind is moving from this, to this.

[Speaker 1]
Okay? Your mind is moving from checking the music, to like bliss about the music. Okay, do you still have noticing and checking?

[Speaker 2]
Yes, you still have. Now, I'll tell you something funny about this one.

[Speaker 1]
The noticing and checking, which only comes in the first one. What is it noticing and checking? How cool is this meditation instead of desire realm mind?

[Speaker 2]
So, the last rough thoughts you have, and the beginning of the dance, is a subtle rough thought.

[Speaker 1]
This is so much cooler than cappuccino state of mind. And you feel sharp and focused. Like if you're doing a good yoga asana, you feel sharp and focused.

So, five things are going on in this first one.

[Speaker 2]
You still have capacity for general noticing things.

[Speaker 1]
You still have capacity to listen to the bass line, go deeper. Okay, third quality of the first form realm level.

[Speaker 2]
Okay.

[Speaker 1]
By the way, these four are also called concentration levels. Of course, all eight are concentration. But these four also have a name, concentration levels, or you can call them form realm levels.

Okay? You have bliss, feelings of bliss.

[Speaker 2]
Okay? Like this.

[Speaker 1]
Okay, two kinds of bliss.

[Speaker 2]
One is mental of course, and you're just into Jimi Hendrix. Because the mind is linked to the prana, you also have this physical bliss like this, you know?

[Speaker 1]
Your body feels really good. Okay? Like you hit the sweet spot in an asana or something.

Okay? So, so far we have four qualities, right?

[Speaker 2]
No, because we split the bliss into two, mental and physical.

[Speaker 1]
Okay?

[Speaker 2]
And so we have noticing, vittarka. We have checking, vichara. Then we have mental bliss and physical bliss.

Then there's a fifth one.

[Speaker 1]
Duh! You have focus.

[Speaker 2]
Okay?

[Speaker 1]
Here it's called, sem tse chikpa, sem tse chikpa, say sem, sem, tse, tse, chikpa, chikpa. In Sanskrit? Tse chikpa.

The tip of a mountain, or the point of a knife, in Sanskrit is agra, agra. Like that famous Taj Mahal, the city is called Agra. Then single point, single means eka, eka.

[Speaker 2]
One.

[Speaker 1]
So, ekagra, ekagra.

[Speaker 2]
Okay?

[Speaker 1]
Single point. We call focus, right? In English, focus.

[Speaker 2]
Okay?

[Speaker 1]
Okay, so we're going to do a meditation now. First, consciously, you're going to put your mind in a desire realm. Okay?

Be aware of the air conditioner. Be aware of the small sounds around here. Be aware of any pain in your knees or your bottom.

[Speaker 2]
Okay?

[Speaker 1]
These are all desire realm. And then you're going to learn that normally we never go past the desire realm. Right?

But, this lion's dance purpose is to become meditation master.

[Speaker 2]
Purposely, go to desire realm mind.

[Speaker 1]
Then purposely, drill deeper into the first form realm mind. See if you can find bliss. Let the mind go into sort of a blissful state.

And then the mind, the body should follow. If you've been doing yoga hard for like two weeks, and you've been eating well, it's that kind of feeling like ... you know, you're wired, you're there, you know?

[Speaker 2]
Physically. Okay?

[Speaker 1]
Then, what's the object of our form realm meditation? What are you thinking about in a rough way and in a deeper way? Vittarka vichara.

What's the object? It's a difficult question.

[Speaker 2]
It's a trick question.

[Speaker 1]
You are focusing on how it felt two minutes ago. Two minutes ago, I was in the realm of air conditioners, and butt is hurting, and I'm thinking about tomorrow.

[Speaker 2]
Two minutes ago, I was in desire realm.

[Speaker 1]
Now I'm in form realm. This is so much sweeter. So actually, you're thinking about the desire realm which you just left.

And you are thinking, that sucks, this is cool.

[Speaker 2]
Okay?

[Speaker 1]
Now, as I said in the beginning today, it may take half an hour, 45 minutes to get to the first form realm, but do your best.

[Speaker 2]
Okay?

[Speaker 1]
We're not going to meditate for an hour because we don't have that much time. So, we'll do like 10 minutes. Do your best to go from desire realm to form realm.

Obviously, if you move, or you cough, or something like that, you cannot stay in the form realm. That's ...

[Speaker 2]
forget it.

[Speaker 1]
If you're moving your body, or coughing, there's no way you can be in the form realm.

[Speaker 2]
It's not possible.

[Speaker 1]
Okay? So, it's up to you. You want to be in the desire realm the rest of your life?

Just cough or move. Then I'm going to use ... there's a little technique I'm going to use to take you there.

Okay? So, here we go.

[Speaker 2]
Vamos.