Stress is a disease purely psychological, referring to the psychological reactions of people to the frustrating elements in the environment. Stress in adults is usually caused by stress of work, relationships and family love so competitive career. For children often due to pressure of studies, examinations. The psychological reaction that is the emotion anger, fear, sadness happy, hate merchants are repeated many times and if prolonged will affect the nervous system, digestive system, cardiovascular system and signs The most obvious is ill patients insomnia and stomach ulcers. According to Buddhist psychology, stress " caused by attachment but hope and expect in the future. When we hope or expect anything, will also fear that we would not expect to become a reality, mean what we hope will not happen as expected. And so stressed . "
According to today's medicine, stress is often accompanied with modern industrial life. Industrial development has created many new inventions, new needs to promote human thoughts, worries and stress of work increases and possess the ability to satisfy demand. The mechanism of market economy with fierce competition makes people struggled and attempted more easily lead to more stress. People are stressed in the world more and more, the average estimated number of people with stress is 50%. In the big cities of the developing countries and this higher rate. So the treatment of mental illness is very necessary. And meditation is a method for direct and effective treatment . Mr. Herbert Benson, a professor at Harvard University, the founder of the Institute of Medicine Mind-Body Medical Institute in Boston said, " from 60% to 80% of patients presenting at the clinic are related to stress. The This case is very poor response to drugs and surgery, but very good for the data center can approach ". He said that the method of relaxation and meditation help relieve the anxiety, fear, restlessness, irritability, and in particular reduces the activity of stress hormones.
According to the survey results are published in the U.S. medical journal " The American Medical Journal "is a meditation help control blood pressure quite sure how to soothe body and mind, on par with results to be sedated, but no the side effects of the drug. Dr. Mimi Guarneri, medical director and founder of the Institute " Scripps Center for Integrative Medecine "in San Diego, commented:" in addition to the above characteristics, meditation also reduced heart rate, the heart is not functioning more active. I have seen very clearly where the results of their patients. Many of them meditate every day 2 times for 20 minutes, then reduce blood pressure. Eat regular meals and regular exercise are great too . "
Put simply, meditation is breathing, living, meditation is a way of living life in the moment by moment.
meditation instructors advise that we advance While meditating, people should aim for like a few warm up exercises of yoga, tai chi straightening the arm or leg (stretching) of 5 to 10 minutes. Then choose a suitable location, quiet, cool and sit in a comfortable position. We can sit in the traditional cross-legged posture (cross legged or sale price), or in any other position they are comfortable. If you wish, we can sit in a chair. The most important thing is to keep your back straight. Slightly closed his eyes and began to breathe a little. Do not expect anything, just pay attention to exhalation by concentrating in the lower abdomen, or at a point where the gas or the director calls the navel (below the navel approximately 3 parts). When inhaled, slightly bulging abdomen. As you breathe out, the abdomen slightly deflated. At first we may not be familiar with abdominal breathing. This does not affect anything. Keep in mind that we need to relax, so no need to pay much attention to breath deep or shallow, slightly more or slightly less. Just breath, breathe normally be sufficient. It is important to note q uan closely with all the mind to know that we are breathing in or breathing out through moving or falling bulging of the abdominal skin:
Inflate up (know are inhaled ) and falling (known breathing out)
bulge (known're breathing in) and falling (known breathing out)
bulge (known're breathing in) and falling (known breathing out)
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Just do not worry when the mind wander where certain corners. It is important to recognize when the heart suddenly wander, we recorded and then drag it back to the breath through the rising and falling motion of the abdominal skin. Some people have good ability to concentrate may gradually fall asleep after a few dozen breath in breath phase is observed.
should remember is to practice meditation every day and according to pre-determined times. Start only moderate, not too long sitting greed (the essence of meditation is letting go of greed), about 10 to 15 minutes also, after getting used to rise slowly.
Sitting meditation for 15 minutes every day so is also quite good but not enough. We need to meditate on job applications every day because we have to work 8 hours at work and 8 hours of miscellaneous errands such as walking, standing, driving, sitting, washing dishes, cooking or gardening ... words is fundamental in any circumstances and at any time we do not know what it is, it should be fully completed with our mind in that moment . For example, we reported a printer driver, we should work hard and printer operating simultaneously watch if you have any thoughts arise to interrupt the work being done. If our mind is wandering about the sun does, we just recorded and then drag it back to the print job. We must maintain continuous and bring your mind wander to the " present moment . "ie leave bout fantasy adventure to come back to the present reality of this. Do not put yourself in that spirit here in forever. Just like that.
approach consists of the basic practice of our everyday, but if given the chance, we should leave familiar surroundings, away from work, away from family for a short time to a central practice meditation along with some other people the better. There thoroughly instructor and live in a new environment. If you're in North America you can attend one or more courses in meditation Vipassana Meditation Centre Barre Massachusetts Golstein by Joseph Zen, Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg founder or meditation center in California Vipassana under the guidance of Zen Professor cacThien Goenka and his assistant teachers. If you are in Vietnam, you can register to attend the 10-day Vipassana meditation course is under the direction of Mr. Goenka and assistant teachers are usually held annually at Tinh Xa Ngoc Thanh and Thu Duc in Theravada monastery in the city. HCM, or to learn to meditate with him Buu Chanh at Phuoc Son Monastery Long List ...
It should be added that the goal of meditation is to let go, is bound to conquer all, is to live fully in the present moment . Actually, not so easy. When you sit down to meditate, how our minds are not cluttered with how muddled thoughts about past and future ... But with the above method we can do to calm the mind, spirit no stampede, no oscillations that scientists have applications in the medical field for healing.
center for Buddhist serenity is only one of two aspects of meditation. Insight is the second aspect. The purpose of Buddhist meditation is to get wisdom, and meditation to quiet the only means by which we reach finality on. Meditation is a mental discipline measures, pollution, transformed into a pure mind , slowly decreased, from more to less thoughts from little thoughts and ideas to a concept or idea in other words is let loose concentrating on a point or an object . The result is a calm soul and spiritual strength. Mind is not peaceful purposes, just needed to develop wisdom. Mainly of Buddhist meditation is to observe the mind or focus, and realize or know his line of thought when it arises . The " mere awareness "that there is no judgment, no discrimination and no attachment to them (ie see things as the existence of its object). END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.22/3/2014.NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).