How can you be free of distractions when you meditate?

What should I do if I have distracting thoughts while meditating?

It depends on what kind of method you cultivate.

If you are cultivating the Pure Land Method. That while meditating. Originally, it was a recitation of the Buddha.

There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south. I wish you good luck.

Great treasure vast pavilion good dharani dharani).

Chanting Buddha can take the heart, Zen and pure double cultivation is very good, there is Zen and pure land, like a tiger with horns, this sentence is Yongming longevity Zen master said, the last two sentences are "the present life as a teacher, the next life to be a Buddha". This is the great admiration of Zen Master Yongming for the dual cultivation of Zen and purity, and he believes that if the advantages of Zen Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism are combined, great achievements will be achieved in practice, and it will be as powerful as a tiger with long horns.

Zen and pure double cultivation can be said to be the dominant line of Buddhist practice since the Song and Yuan dynasties, but they also have different emphases. Focusing on Zen means taking Zen as the body and purity as the use; Focusing on purity means focusing on purity, supplemented by Zen. The main difference between Zen Buddhism and Pure Buddhism is that Zen Buddhism focuses on self-reliance, while Pure Buddhism focuses on other forces.

For example, Zen Buddhism will also refer to "who is chanting Buddha", but in terms of practice, it takes the Zen route, and only uses "who is chanting Buddha" as the starting point. Since the fourth and fifth ancestors of Zen Buddhism, there are also those who advocate chanting Buddhism and Zen. In addition to chanting the Buddha's name, there are also contemplating the image of the Buddha and contemplating the Buddha, so as to attain the recitation of the Buddha's samadhi and the Buddha's bodhisattva's rebirth.

A Buddha name seems simple, but how deep the connotation is given, how powerful the Buddha name is recited. Usually, I always advise those who recite the Buddha to read more sutras, also in order to get better results when reciting the Buddha. In short, the practice of Zen Buddhism and Pure Buddhism can be unified, but there must be a focus.

It is wonderful to observe and practice in a convenient place, there is no difference between good and bad, and the choice is conducive to enlightenment.

If you have many delusions, you can naturally recite the Buddha to help your karma, surrender your habits, practice your precepts diligently, and gradually cultivate and realize your wisdom.

If you have more climbing hearts, you should reflect more and improve with fate.

Friends are good at making trade-offs, and there is no Amitabha Buddha in the south!

This kind of seemingly simple question is actually not easy to answer. It is important to know that in the four realms of Zen, each of which is in a different state of thinking or more accurately, cannot be said in the same way. For beginners, it's better to chant more Buddhas.

Chanting Buddha is good, most people think that meditation is to practice meditation, chanting Buddha is to practice meditation, and it is best to chant Buddha when meditating, otherwise it is easy to think cranky.

Vary.

If you practice the Pure Land sect, you must recite the Buddha.

It depends on the individual's character, whether there is a Buddha in the mouth or a Buddha in the heart, only faith and loyalty are good.

It is good to meditate, meditate, recite Buddha and cultivate wisdom.

Ways to meditate and not think nonsense:

1. Vipassana. Close your eyes and imagine looking at a part of your body or a natural image with your eyes. It can be the abdomen, navel, the tip of the nose, or the center of the eyebrows, or the full moon, the rising sun, or even some special symbols, such as the "om" symbol in yoga.

In short, close our eyes and imagine that our eyes are fixed on a certain point and never leave.

2. Count interest. You can stay focused by counting your breaths. One breath and one breath is 1 number, and we use it a lot: count from 1 to 10, and then count from 10 to 1. Today I would like to introduce you to another method of counting breath used in the yoga breath control method.

Techniques for meditation:

1. In the meditative posture, the ankle actually presses the large artery on the inner thigh, and in order to open the artery, the heart will increase the force to pump blood, so that the blood veins in the leg can be opened.

2. Meditation can be practiced by everyone, even if you start practicing it at the age of 60, you can practice it in about a year. If you start practicing in your 30s, it won't take more than a year.

3. Meditation is not only about the muscles and bones, but also about opening all the meridians. Therefore, meditation is also a method of stretching.

4. If you practice and insist on meditating for more than 30 minutes every day, you can ensure that you are a 70-year-old mountaineer. There are basically no diseases in daily life.

5. After starting to practice for a few days, you will have persistent leg pain, and then you will have back pain. It hurts all the time when I'm not practicing.

The mantra for meditation is: no thoughts, no minds, no heavens, no earth, no people, no self.

When a person is meditating, the vertical spine is the key. The buttocks should be padded with a two- or three-inch high cushion, from the root of the thighs to the knees is inclined downward, so that the two knees touch the ground as a support point, the knees should not be suspended, and the principle is that the center of gravity is stable and there is no feeling of leaning forward and leaning back.

Ordinary people meditate up, whether they open their eyes or close their eyes, they all look down and look down, their eyes are not right. Sinking into ignorance, and the mind is even more confused. The eyes seem to look downward, that is, the optic nerve in the back of the brain pulls downward, affecting the brain, but it is not peaceful and pure.

Therefore, it doesn't matter if you open your eyes or close your eyes, your eyes are at eye level, and if you close your eyelids, your eyes are also level with your eyeballs. The flat ones don't go up, they don't go down, and then the eyelids are closed, and the eyeballs are straight, not lowered, not down, not up, and flat, and the eyeballs still look forward, and then don't look at them.

Notes:

If you sit on time every day, it will be easier to settle down if you form a habit, and it is best to meditate in the morning, and it is better to meditate in the early morning.

When sitting, do not rush into meditation, sit calmly with a normal mind, and calmly hold the mantra without hurrying or slowing, neither asking for enlightenment nor vain supernatural powers.

The thought of attaining concentration, enlightenment, supernatural powers, etc., is delusional, and together with this mind, it is the obstacle to self-enlightenment, and not only cannot be enlightened, but also cannot enter concentration.

Human beings are emotional animals, and many things we will bring into emotional thinking, to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than family, love, friendship or some other desires. It is precisely because of these, these, that we have distracting thoughts, so many people are unable to calm down and do things. So it's very important to be mind-free and share some ways to keep yourself mind-free.

1. Go to bed early and get up early.

Going to bed early and waking up early has always been a rule of life on our lips, and this medicine is also very effective for distracting thoughts. If we stay up late a lot, it can easily bring many problems. What dry eyes, dark circles, dizziness, these are all minor problems, and after a long time, it will lead to endocrine disorders, liver fire and so on, and then it will be over.

These will make us unable to concentrate, the whole person is in a dizzy state, you are still so distracted.

2. Don't be a dead fat house.

We can't stay at home yesterday, we should go out and surf more. It's a good idea to go out for a walk when we have time, so that we can get rid of all the tiredness that has accumulated in our bodies for a long time. It also recharges the body, which is conducive to maintaining a full mental state and making you feel full of energy.

3. Solve problems.

Many people's distractions in their hearts are that they have encountered some problems that they can't solve, which will make you think about this matter all the time, and when you have such a problem, you should find a way to solve it, which is also in addition to a heart disease.

4. Build self-confidence.

Some people are more suspicious, often because they are not confident and care about other people's opinions, which is also a reason for your distractions, what you have to do is to face up to your own shortcomings, find your own strengths, build self-confidence, and don't care about other people's opinions.

5. Let go of gains and losses.

Many people compare gains and losses in accounting, but in fact, we should not care about it and be generous. What we can get, let him come; Don't force what you can't get.

I believe that by doing this, there will be fewer distractions in your mind.