Personal Techniques

The first time when I began the Dhammakaya Meditation method : I was sitting on the floor on a 10cm high and round meditation cushion in the half lotus position or kneeling with my lower legs turned back.

Basic Meditation Technique Step #4

Once your mind is completely still, it will drop the word phrase by itself, as if you are forgetting to recite it (if you simply do not want to recite it anymore, then that is ok).

Core Value#1: Sharing is desirable

This is an attitude to the world which sees the importance of sharing what one has with others, whether it be the things we eat, the things we use, our time, our knowledge or a helping hand, It doesn’t mean that everything needs to be equally shared, but it means that a person shouldn’t believe that it ought to be ‘every man to himself’.

Core Value # 4: That good & bad actions have karmic results

This fourth sort of core value implies that a person takes responsibility for the effects towards themselves and others of their own actions, It implies thaat a person assumes that the law of cause and effect is in force in their lives.

How I started

It was in 1996, when I first became interested in meditation. My husband was a good example for me.

Why Does Effort have to be made to Refine the Mind?

There are various reasons that cause our minds to be clouded. There are both internal and external factors.

Love in the Right Way

From the first moment of life to the last, humans have a natural need for love. We feel satisfied when we are loved,

I-Believe

I believe meditation has helped with my work and allowed me to have empathy with other people. I feel that, by meditating, I have been able to more fully understand myself.

Basic Meditation Technique Step #3

Now, bring your mind to focus to the center of your body, in the middle of your abdomen, two finger widths above the navel level.

Core Value#2: Welfare work is necessary

In our society there are many underpriviledged groups who because of various circumstances, whether it be handicap, illness or age, cannot help themselves out of their predicament.