Beginning Buddhist Meditation | Mingyur Rinpoche

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If you are beginning your meditative journey, Buddhist teacher and meditation master Mingyur Rinpoche provides simple guidance on how to connect with and develop awareness to get you started.
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[@nobodybro865]

Those who are new to Buddhism, study this book "The heart of the Buddha's teaching" by Thich Naht Hanh .... This is easily in my top 3 favorite books ❤

[@Amudha-bl9mu]

Thanks

[@julianabookmarks2295]

i am new to buddhism, and i loved this guided explanation. thank you mingyur :)

[@Nawongyonten-yp4fz]

Namo Buddhay 🙏☸️

[@pratikkhale5670]

I have been doing Meditation For 5 Min Every Day In Morning For 1 Month . The irrevelant Thoughts Which was Bouncing on My Mind Throughout the day Has Stopped and I am Now able To take Good Decisions and Be Calm in Every Moment and Able To Concentrate On My studies. Yes doing Meditation Everyday Helps You...💯

[@edwardsanderson3021]

Incredibly helpful, I'd been struggling with feeling like I wasn't able to clear my mind, and he instantly cleared that up for me.

[@jmd.sugauli]

Good

[@amineHighTube]

The main purpose is to allow yourself to think about other things (all the suppressed emotions and ideas), through meditation you let it come up, as he said allow all thoughts and emotions without resistance...only after you run through all of it, then you can achieve that state of clear mind

[@utkarshujwal3286]

Smart monk. He knows that if one focuses on his breath it's quite natural that he won't be able to think about other things. Because the moment we start thinking about other things we will be losing out on focusing on our breath. This way we will revert back to our breath. This is how any meditation feels like in the beginning.

[@amineHighTube]

The main purpose is to allow yourself to think about other things (all the suppressed emotions and ideas), through meditation you let it come up, as he said allow all thoughts and emotions without resistance

[@surajmishra4786]

Not smart.. follower of tradition. Vipassana..this technique called by the name.

[@deejay9295]

What if you think of things that have made you angry... Or you're feeling a little down ? How does breathing help that ?

[@surajmishra4786]

@@deejay9295 the decaying nature of our breath on which we concentrate will make us to understand the decaying nature of the world around us..the sooner we will grasp this understanding the faster we will unburden our sufferings and pain. When you concentrate on something you get distracted from anything else..in short concentrate/meditate on breathing and get detached from the things you get worried about (for the time being your concentration lasts.) Once you understand the purpose of meditation you will easily initiate to leave your pains and worries behind.

[@jimmymadeit.1992]

@@deejay9295 that doesn't mean the monk isn't smart. Sometimes you don't have to say anything my guy.

[@plasticage2085]

thank you bhante nice advices

[@nadineelie962]

Starting my journey today. Thank youn🙏🏽

[@KydLives]

I'm quite new to buddhism and is interested in starting soo this tutorial really helped so thanks :)

[@redglazedeyez6652]

He is the greatest

[@johnnyx9892]

Best, simple advice ever.

[@jom.a.md.s.h.2206]

Anumodana, Master, 🙏🙏🙏

[@deidran2116]

Thank you rinpoche for clearing out my misunderstandings about meditation. Your explanation helps a ton!

[@azanshaikh7825]

This is a great way to explain awareness with breath. All we want when meditating is to be aware of the breath, the thoughts and the body. The thoughts could be of any nature good or bad. Being aware of the thought almost makes the thought just a thought and the emotion is gone or at least not felt so overwhelmingly

[@laminengland3375]

Thank you.

[@Zextraa]

I have recently been researching buddhism, This helped a lot, thank you.

[@jameshaffly4044]

Thank you for this teaching. Buddhist teaching and meditation brings me great comfort. ☸️

[@danieldaoud9595]

Thank you

[@billymac29]

A brilliant gem of information.

[@airbornepizza]

That is why he has the title Rinpoche: precious gem. : )

[@michaelstephenson9384]

Awesome

[@siddharthsonawane2603]

Meditation is beautiful gift of Buddha ... Everybody should try

[@kavishkaachin8543]

Grateful Thero

[@prathmeshbondre4868]

Very nice

[@mysterioso2006]

something that i was taught that really helped me get into that focused, natural breathing is really focusing on how your body feels while you breathe. what muscles are you tensing and relaxing to breathe from? are you holding it in? are you fully expanding and retracting your diaphragm? eventually, your body will adjust itself to breathe in the most efficient way~

[@ajinkyapunwatkar8218]

plss make video keep it up dont stop revoluation

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L O V E & M E D I T A T IO N ❤️

[@sparkysparky999]

your eyes are beautiful

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👍😃🙏🌹

[@narswanda9560]

How to become a buddist? I really want to become a buddhist.

[@feminico2613]

Same

[@willowfrog33]

It's not possible to practice the teachings of the Buddha and claim to be a Buddhist....stop looking for an identity.

[@user-lr7fv6td5y]

@@willowfrog33 very inclusive

[@jaguargbryt9053]

Everything seems so beautiful about this man, his room, his clothes, his behavior, his words, wish i could have found him when i was younger

[@schnoz2372]

@@user-lr7fv6td5y what do you mean by “very inclusive?” doesn’t even make sense

[@peacefulsoul.3123]

Nice.

[@captain4166]

Mahatma Gautam Buddh🙏

[@chhavimaurya7293]

👍

[@kayn3694]

First step control and rule your: Eat. Sleep. Live alone.

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🙏🙏🙏🌻🌻🌻🔔🔔🔔

[@poonamgola2860]

Thanks sir for great knowledge but I want to know what to do with the thoughts that comes to my mind during meditation

[@cupofcoco05]

try to view them from a non-judgemental lens. I also find that repeating mantra is helpful for staying focused for when your thoughts and emotions become out of hand. keep it up!

[@Macabresque]

You don't do anything. You just observe them and let them pass. When you get lost in them, return to the breath or mantra.

[@militiaryboymukesh3521]

anybody kindly suggest me any course that is available online that can teach me powerful form of meditation 🧘‍♂️ 🙏

[@vivekkamble9517]

Which is the mantra of Tibet Golden Yellow Tara Devi

[@123dipswapn]

Hi sir, I so dull in my studies.... I don't know how I improve my focus and I want to become a focused person. I want to become a studious, famous and successful personality.

[@alexserrell5383]

Think just how many people have clouds in space.

[@jegorsudnitson9148]

I cant find this information. Do i breath in with my nose and breath out with my mouth. Or i do it only with my nose??

[@studybuddhism]

Hi Jegor! Ordinarily, the advice is to breathe in and out through the nose. You can check out our article for slightly more in-depth instructions on meditation: studybuddhism.com/en/essentials/how-to/how-to-meditate

[@kristen3715]

do i have to sit legs crissed crossed or can i do be in any position? does it work if i am in the fetus position?

[@Flatbasset]

I see purple lights shining from this man's hands. I swear I'm not on any drugs and I'm not "religious " Can someone tell me what this means?

[@GemmaAngeli]

ME TOO! I thought it was just my eyes...maybe it's just the video lighting?

[@swadeshpanda1769]

Which time?

[@feminico2613]

It's the lighting coming off the velvet curtain

[@sivemabuza9238]

Maybe he is the Avatar🤔. The last breath bender

[@sudipnepali2619]

When I started to meditate but inside my Brian comes unnecessary things why ? I can't control if I control another comes

[@BettyTheLion]

Yes, isn't it fun? Just keep on doing, and watch, and let go of your thoughts, and learn about your mind. Abandon control.

[@adityapatil6082]

Let the good thoughts come and be aware of turning negative thoughts to positive.

[@kristen3715]

just wondering am i allowed to talk in my head? am i supposed to reject thoughts like anger and sadness ? how to do it ? also can i burp and fart during meditation or is it bad ?

[@prinon8162]

I am new to meditation but from what I know, you are supposed to observe the sensations, be it in your physical body or the emotions which you feel in your mind, just let them float like leaves on a river. notice them, sure but then let them float away. Dont fixate on them, dont avoid them or dont hang on to them you can burp and fart during meditation, these are kinda inevitable but you should prolly not meditate after meals or if you are actually sick. hope this helps

[@isaiahluetjen]

It’s almost scary to think about getting started i don’t know what demons will come surface but I’m going to conquer them

[@Macabresque]

It's just your own mind and thoughts, after all. Nothing to be too afraid of. Best to make peace with the demons, fighting them does not work, in my experience.

[@Ghisingg381]

I think in meditation u have to think about Your Hidam the Diety you r closer to

[@irinaa2985]

мне далеко до таких учителей..не сдохнуть бы в одиночестве.медитировавши

[@dustyspeakers]

I would love to see a tao person or a buddhist monk working and in living somewhere like london as a bin man or something on rubbish wages waking up at 5am on a freezing cold january morning wearing his hi visiblity uniform. paying £1500 pound rent for a shity flat whilst only earning £2000 a month. Do you think he would be peaceful still? do you think if the londoner whos actually working in that job swapped positions with the monk who would be happier? The monk has no idea how shit it is losing or your youthful innocence working a dead end job he would actually think hes in the gulags or in a nightmare, whilst the binman would be loving his new peaceful life thinking hes in a dream. Im sorry if that sounded rude i find it a bit frustrating thats all. Thanks

[@lilsleak]

You dont know is his life was bad or not just like he dosnt know if your life is bad or not its about how you view your situation someone could be looking at this comment from a place like africa where there are no jobs or no garbage disposal companys or high vis jackets or even sometimes good houses to live in its all about the way you perceive your own life if you think your life will continue to be shit then it will be but if you try new things and start thinking of life more positivley you wouldnt feel sorry for yourself

[@lilsleak]

I would just be happy that i had a job and im not a homeless methhead that could die at any moment without anyone to love him

[@derekcook8201]

someone who has actually achieved nirvana/enlightenment wont "feel" bad about a "bad" living situation because they are completely content. They see reality in a completely different paradigm than you do. no attachment = no pain.

[@iz8583]

The entire purpose of being a monk is you have reached that state of mind where worldly possessions do not matter. They go around asking for food just because it's the minimum thing their body needs to run on. The rest of the day, they are just trying to be one with the forces of the universe. They don't care about savings, living in a flat, living in London etc... But what he is trying to teach us here is how we can work towards reducing the chaos in our mind. You can even argue the Bin Man's position is better than a CEO working long hours who is under constant stress of making decisions that can affect millions of dollars, due to which he probably can't even get enough sleep or give time to his family, plus sitting the whole day probably gives him serious health conditions. The CEO would argue that Google's CEO probably works lesser and more flexible hours and earns tons more than he does. Someone here gave the example of a bin man in Africa. Your life is your life, constant comparison is reducing your own well being. Your thoughts can make or break you. This is the entire point of meditation. Being aware of your thoughts, getting mental clarity, being more calm, positive and conscious.

[@fikriasrofi5312]

Its interesting since Buddhism was born in Nepal when people are kind and the nature is fertile so they willing to give a food to bikku

[@lucifericious5846]

Can I be a Buddhist but keep my hair ?

[@amusedave]

Go back to the body or to the mind, still using breath as an object of meditation, or using it as mind or body you go to it? 1:37

[@MrRandomperson234]

I think he means like using the whole sensation of the body from head to toe as object of awarness. Im not sure what he mean by mind tho. Have you have any luck doing I Am meditative practices? That is, in my opinion, the most direct path

[@srijanadh2303]

I had some bizarre experiences.I had started mediating about 1 months and 10-15 days.And right now I am in a state where I don't need any object to mediate.Am just aware .my head is just aware of nothing.literally nothing.And am I doing this right?sometimes my brains front part,and back part pains and I don't know what is going on

[@amusedave]

@@srijanadh2303 Its common, be aware more. Of that nothingness, if u are afraid or scared just be aware of that as an object of meditation, in the end subject has to become object, one must accept death to reach enlightenment, so it is common to be afraid when u are more and more aware cause u loose yourself. Loose everything to gain everything. Yes you r doing this right and U r blessed, cause I practice for about 2 years and this state u described most people r struggling to get there, I am practicing daily still and my progress is slow but it is there for sure.

[@srijanadh2303]

@@amusedave how long can you do informal meditation?like yongey said(short times many times )......I can probably do this for1-2 hours but with enormous brain pain(maybe I am not fit for this 24/7 informal meditation) And do you have a fb account . As a fellow meditation practicner,I want to learn more about meditation through your years of experience

[@amusedave]

@@srijanadh2303 facebook.com/amuse.dave.18 Here is my facebook, we can talk more there. Brain pain is normal, I had it before, I was practicing also 1-2h informally, eventually it goes away. Try playing with your awareness by putting it on brain pain with equanimity. Thanks for letting me know, I'll help to the best of my ability with your meditation, best regards.

[@videt7459]

Yeah, I'd think life was 'wonderful' too if I didn't ever have to work and could sit around all day wearing a sheet and relaxing. It's a little less wonderful when you're being tortured 24/7.

[@rn6624]

What’s that Buddhist meditation? I really don’t understand According to my knowledge it’s just a meditation or Dhyan , meditation a great gift by Hinduism to the world … 🙏🙏

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