Introduction to Dharma Meditation:
In the Buddhism philosophy class, we learned about Dharma meditation – including what Dharma is, awakening through meditation and observation techniques. The class aimed to help students improve their meditation practice and develop their observation skills.
First, learn meditation ability – every I is not me. Second, practice observing.
No I can see the unlimited system of life – Dharma – only free from every I can see Dharma. This training is to open that up.
Lets go!
Theory of Dharma Meditation:
The class started with an explanation of Dharma, which refers to the system in which everything exists.
This includes reincarnation, the human experience, and even death. When we awaken to this system, we realize how incredible it is. Buddha and Bodhisattva often talk about the incredible nature of Dharma.
What is Dharma?
The class focused on back-to-essence techniques such as the No-I feeling to understand Dharma.
We were advised that the first true Dharma practice is to clean our dirty faces but not with a dirty hand.
This means that we should not use human tricks to clear human tricks but rather free ourselves from every trick and return to our essence.
The No-I feeling practice
Involves understanding that the feeling of choice or intention that we associate with ourselves is not our true self.
Every lifetime, we create new choices and causes that become habits and shape our identity, but none of these choices is truly us.
The feeling of choice or intention is a blind action that creates an I feeling. But our true I is never this blind feeling from the outside.
Our True I can never come from outside.
Practical Exercise:
The practical exercise began with an explanation of the theory above. Students were then instructed to sit peacefully and close their eyes.
We recalled our old identities, such as being a baby, kid, teenager, or adult, and realized that none of these is truly us anymore.
By disconnecting from past causation, we can experience a different kind of feeling in the present that is not connected to our previous habits and choices.
The exercise aimed to train a new habit of experiencing a light feeling in the present, disconnected from the causation of our past. This practice aims to develop observation skills and meditation practice.
Summary:
In summary, the class focused on understanding Dharma and awakening through meditation and observation techniques. We learned that everything exists in a system of Dharma, including reincarnation and death. The No-I feeling practice aimed to help us return to our essence by disconnecting from our past habits and choices. The practical exercise was designed to develop observation skills and meditation practice by experiencing a light feeling in the present, disconnected from our past.
