tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8690635.post8615762700267291683..comments2023-04-04T14:08:20.514+00:00Comments on Luminous Emptiness - a Mahamudra Blog: Where did my breath go?Chodpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533282351557497598noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8690635.post-69202911225774941092009-02-04T07:55:00.000+00:002009-02-04T07:55:00.000+00:00What expressed is truly wonderful!It is so much to...What expressed is truly wonderful!<BR/>It is so much to my liking that I have to say something.<BR/><BR/>Always only an asumption collating together and called 'something'.<BR/>Be it breath, anger, fear or anything manifesting;<BR/>Always only sensations or heart beats or coldness or an arising thought of something.<BR/>Exactly like what Buddha taught in anatta, <BR/>Merely aggregates and 18 dhatus playing;<BR/>With no agent anywhere found hiding.<BR/><BR/>When experience matures in the practice of great ease,<BR/>The experience is maha! Great, miraculous and bliss.<BR/>In mumdane acitivies of seeing, eating and tasting,<BR/>When expressed poetically is asif the entire universe meditating.<BR/><BR/>Whatever said and expressed are really all different flavours, <BR/>Of this everything of everything dependently originating,<BR/>As this moment of vivid shimmering.<BR/><BR/>May Buddha blessed you full enlightenment,<BR/>good luck and forgive my busy-bodying!<BR/><BR/>Gone!PasserByhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565318340842625861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8690635.post-86175274390101136082008-11-12T10:18:00.000+00:002008-11-12T10:18:00.000+00:00Hi Robert,many thanks for your comments.I personal...Hi Robert,<BR/><BR/>many thanks for your comments.<BR/><BR/><I>I personally would suggest you keep to the formless meditation, as ultimately that's far superior! <BR/><BR/>The only practical use for focussing on the breath is if a lot of distracting discursive thoughts are popping up. But once you're re-focussed, why bother with it?!</I><BR/><BR/>Sometimes there are reasons for doing things which aren't about 'ultimate' but are instead about 'useful' for a particular time and place. Returning to resting with the breath has been a very revealing exercise for myself at this time.<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm of a mind to judge things primarily on their usefulness in particular circumstances, rather than in one 'overall' judgement.<BR/><BR/>I think one of the most interesting things for me had been the switch to Shamatha practice per se, rather than whether there was an object or form to practice or not. As knowing seems to have developed since the last time I practiced shamatha, it's been interesting to see how that's affected shamatha, and how this knowing can't really be 'turned off' so shamatha is quite a different experience from previously.<BR/><BR/>Again, it's been interesting watching how<BR/>For myself, it matters little what the object of meditation is, or if there is indeed any object at all. But each has it's own dynamic, and often carries different flavours which reveal knowing in different ways.<BR/><BR/>once again, many thanks for your comments, and best wishes to you in the Dharma ....Chodpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533282351557497598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8690635.post-35850449160072761102008-11-12T02:52:00.000+00:002008-11-12T02:52:00.000+00:00Hi Chodpa,I personally would suggest you keep to t...Hi Chodpa,<BR/><BR/>I personally would suggest you keep to the formless meditation, as ultimately that's far superior! The only practical use for focussing on the breath is if a lot of distracting discursive thoughts are popping up. But once you're re-focussed, why bother with it?!<BR/><BR/>Robert<BR/><BR/>By the way, really like your blog. Great stuff!tropicalrobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907714141889699499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8690635.post-33811192283906218772008-08-18T15:24:00.000+00:002008-08-18T15:24:00.000+00:00Chodpa, thanks for this observation. I find it goo...Chodpa, thanks for this observation. I find it good to talk and hear about practice experiences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8690635.post-609945545887382742008-07-29T13:23:00.000+00:002008-07-29T13:23:00.000+00:00Hi Marpa,many thanks for your comment.I was actual...Hi Marpa,<BR/><BR/>many thanks for your comment.<BR/><BR/>I was actually describing 'meditation' experiences, rather than 'post-meditation' experiences as you mention in the first sentence of your comment. I wonder how this affects the suggestion you give?<BR/><BR/>best wishes to you in the Dharma,<BR/><BR/>ChodpaChodpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533282351557497598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8690635.post-66516493624602907152008-07-29T12:44:00.000+00:002008-07-29T12:44:00.000+00:00It´s just another postmeditation experience (after...It´s just another postmeditation experience (after mahamudra meditation). You shold sustain mindfulness of mind´s nature during the shamata practice, and all the breathing sensations will become Coemergent apearances. That will help you to enter into mixing (meditation and postmeditation).<BR/><BR/>Namastemarpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08641040831516724114noreply@blogger.com