Questions regarding body scan during the contemplation of anatomical parts in Satipatthana
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It's really not a visualize. It's not a imagination. But it must first practice intense meditation. Then it's the power of meditation. look into If you meditate until you have a lot of strength. There will be a light of meditation. And it's that light. Examine the body. To practice scanning the body like this.
How to practice meditation. You have to choose what is visible on the outside first. There are 5 things to choose from: hairs,hairs, nails, teeths, and skin. All 5 of these are choose one. Done and relax because of the strength of meditation . Only need to do one at a time. For example, if you choose hair. I took the feeling on the hair only . Think about your hair, what color it is, and what it looks like. How does it smell Keep doing this until you have a lot of meditation power.
I'm sorry, I'm not good at English, I use Google Translate.
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Mindfulness meditation consists of four phases, proceeding from coarse to fine:
MN10:3.1: What four?
MN10:3.2: It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world.
MN10:3.3: They meditate observing an aspect of feelings—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world.
MN10:3.4: They meditate observing an aspect of the mind—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world.
MN10:3.5: They meditate observing an aspect of principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world.
Notice that the Buddha simply says "an aspect". The Buddha does not say "every single dang aspect that you and everybody else can possibly discuss or discern". :D
And that's quite a relief!
Elsewhere the Buddha notes:
DN34:1.4.7: Immersion with placing the mind and keeping it connected. Immersion without placing the mind, but just keeping it connected. Immersion without placing the mind or keeping it connected.
So if we place our minds on, say, the skin and keep it connected, that's great! But note that the Buddha doesn't get stuck there. In one teaching, the Buddha passes on to feelings. In another teaching, the Buddha actually lets go of the placing. In all these teachings we can see transitions. In all these teachings we can see equanimity in the face of change.
Suppose a fly lands on our skin as we are meditating on our breath. Should we fight to keep our attention on the breath while the fly tortures us? Well, the Buddha said this:
DN34:1.6.73: ‘This immersion is peaceful and sublime and tranquil and unified, not held in place by forceful suppression.’
So perhaps if we feel that maddening tickle of a fly on our skin, we can allow that fly to walk on our skin, wishing it well and after a while...the fly departs.
Meditation isn't a rigid thing to be pounded into a perfect form. It's usually better to simply be gently aware and allow meditation to unfold with mindfulness.
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