Some people say that sitting in the lotus position has all kinds of incredible merits. Some people even say that he was a practitioner in his previous life, so he can sit in the lotus position in this life. But let me tell you, why must you sit in the lotus position when you medi

Why must you sit in the lotus position when meditating? The answer must be beyond your imagination. Some people say that sitting in the lotus position has all kinds of incredible merits. Some people even say that he was a practitioner in his previous life, so he can sit in the lotus position in this life. But let me tell you, why must you sit in the lotus position when you meditate? In fact, there is only one reason, stability.

Today I will tell you in one breath whether you should meditate in double lotus or not, and why you should meditate in double lotus. If you think it is not necessary to meditate in double lotus, if you think it is not important if your legs don’t hurt after sitting in lotus position for an hour, you like leg pain , if you like casual trading, then you don’t have to look down.

First of all, I want to ask you a question. The Sixth Patriarch Huineng was very famous and powerful, but why did Wu Zetian make Shenxiu the national preceptor? The body is like a Bodhi tree, and the mind is like a mirror. Wipe it frequently to avoid dust. Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a stand. There is nothing in the beginning, so where can it cause dust? Between the two of them, who do you think has higher knowledge and cultivation? One time, the Sixth Patriarch Huineng asked Shenxiu's disciples how to cultivate your mind. Shenxiu's disciples said: We often sit cross-legged and meditate.

However, the Sixth Patriarch Huineng believed that in cultivating the mind, one cannot always sit on a futon like a fool. How can a magic tile become a mirror, and how can boiled sand become rice? From then on, in the Central Plains, the sect of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng was called the Nandun Sect, and the sect of Shenxiu and his meditators was called the Beijian Sect. From then on, the South Dun and the North spread. So did the Sixth Patriarch Huineng himself meditate?

Let’s take a look at what the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng said before his death. He told his disciples that if I sit upright for a while in the sun, there will be no movement, no stillness, no birth and no death, no going, no coming, no right, no wrong, and nothing. Live, but being able to be still is the great road.

First of all, I think the Sixth Patriarch Huineng was not against meditation. He never said that meditation should not be used to cultivate the mind. He just believed that we should not sit on the futon like a fool and do nothing.

So the idea of ​​meditating no matter what happens, advocated by Shenxiu, is another kind of wrong? I think he is not wrong. No matter whether he is born or enters the world, he cannot sit on the futon all day long. 90% of the so-called meditation effort is outside the futon. What is said? What I’m talking about is your Taoist mind. Why do you want to meditate? Your determination, your strength, your energy is not on the futon, it is in your life. It means that you should be responsible for your parents' filial piety, and it means that you should deal with all kinds of messy annoyances in raising children. Among the irritable worries, it is to make you endure all kinds of humiliation and sacrifice for three buckets of rice. It is to let you experience the joys, sorrows and joys of life, and the harshness of the world.

Our hearts are alive, not dead. Only when you keep soaking it in the world of mortals like boiling water, can your heart have a mellow taste, only then can you have enlightenment, only then can you have strength, and only then can you have the motivation to sit on the futon. So whether it is enlightenment or gradual cultivation, I don’t think it matters. When you learn to meditate, you don’t need to meditate, but if you can only talk but can’t sit, then you won’t be able to experience the joy of meditation. As for those with truly superior faculties, they can remain calm while walking, standing, sitting or lying down.

All kinds of troubles in life, for him, his heart is like Bodhidharma said: The heart is like a copper wall and an iron wall, and all the miscellaneous conditions, outer conditions, and smooth conditions cannot hurt him. But don’t forget that you are a common man, an ordinary person, and you are still worrying about a few taels of silver all day long. To put it harshly, you and I are just like hanging silk. We don’t have a genius like the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, and we don’t even have the practical skills of meditation like Shenxiu.

So whether you should meditate or not, let’s not talk about whether meditation can help you enter meditation. Your mind is restless all day long, your heart is uneasy all day long, and you are happy even in your dreams 24 hours a day. Anger, sorrow and joy, love, hate and hatred. Tell me, what other way is more useful and effective than meditation to help you calm down?

Some people say that I can cultivate my mind while walking. Yes.Do you have to watch the car while you are walking? What if you accidentally bump into a telephone pole? Some people say, you are talking nonsense, so I can cultivate my mind while lying down. Tell me, can patients who are dying on the hospital bed use gong? They can't even practice in the Pure Land, let alone if you lie down for a few minutes, you will become drowsy, dozed off, and fall asleep. All right? Why are you so calm? What about eating, drinking, and drinking doesn't make you upset? You are still walking, standing, sitting and lying down in concentration, how can you stay still? You can't even sit still on the futon for an hour. You actually believe that you can still be still amidst all the messy materialistic desires in your life?

Ask yourself, don't overestimate yourself. There is never a long time to come in this world. The so-called life is impermanent. Large intestine wrapped in small intestineWhile you can still make a difference now, don't listen to the nonsense of those people. Practicing cross-lotus in a down-to-earth manner, until your legs don’t hurt after sitting in cross-lotus for an hour. Let’s talk about it after you get started. After you get started, you can choose various methods of cultivating your mind. Just like if you want to go to Lhasa, if you save money for a flight, then you also learn to drive. Of course, you can choose to take a train, fly, drive yourself, or even choose to ride a horse. This is your choice, but whether you have money to buy a plane ticket or whether you can drive is not a choice. It is a matter of ability. If you have it, you can use it. If you don’t, it’s because you can’t do it and you don’t have the ability. Have you learned it?