Questions about meditation

"What should I do with my eyes when I meditate?" In some schools of Buddhism, you meditate with your eyes open and in others you keep them closed. If your eyes are open, what you do with them depends on the kind of meditation you are doing. Generally, you look downward and shorten your gaze when you are doing meditations...

Your meditation foundation

Just follow along and you will be doing basic breath meditation, also known as “ calm abiding”, shamatha, or mindfulness meditation, the foundation of Buddist meditation practice across traditions. First, you ‘ll want to find a quiet and uplifted place where you can do your meditation practice. Once you’ve done that, just...

What is Buddhist meditation (What meditation Is - and Isn't)

"The practice of meditation is not so much based on becoming a better person, or for that matter becoming an enlightened person. It is seeing how we can relate to our already existing enlightened state." _Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche_ As meditation teacher Sylvia Boorstein has quipped, "it's not what you think."...