Early mindfulness training?It was 1985 and I visited mainland China for the first time in my life. I was in Yonghegong, the main Tibetan Temple in Beijing, known for his close relations with the Chinese authorities, and has just reopened after the cultural revolution.Was widely rumoured and potentially truth that monks here was only civil servants, and that as soon as the tourists went home, the monks would return for spouses and life outside Temple; in other words, this was not the place you'd expect spiritual achievement.
One room, an old monk stood on the corner of mumbling mantras or sutras (couldn't tell the difference) while the fingers went over the Rosary.Then insert a group of visitors, and am reminded noisy Chinese very little and plump Chinese woman, who pointed out in a device in the ceiling, they turned to the monk and called loudly "what is this?"I was wondering if the monk of deep UV absorption will notice it at all, or perhaps there will be a sudden pulling of meditative state and lose track; instead, he's just slightly lifted his head, said the little what the device of the ceiling, and returned to aloud.
Another form of mindfulness training?It was very impressive.It was also a very powerful image of one of the effects of Meditation. Although one may be less spectacular to look at from the monk saw many of us have yet to experience Meditation helps us to act and react with a little more freedom is less guided us from external forces (such as noisy woman) and also less than internal constraints (such as our internal tensions). the laity, psychological approach to Meditation, Acem seems far removed from the monk in Yonghegong. But this kind of mindfulness training can be a feature that we have in common.
Tags: Meditation, mindfulness, non-religious
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