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11 Steps to Listening: a Buddhist Meditative Practice

TCN / 08/20/2017

1. Find an uninterrupted period of time, whether five minutes or an hour. 2. Find a quiet place that you can hopefully establish as your sacred space for regular practice. 3. Sit down on a cushion or your bed. It helps to have a cushion or pillow below your buttocks. Sit with your legs crossed.

Requisite Subjects of Study for Monastics

Chinese Mahayana Sutra From the Records of Preeminent Monastics Translating Sutras. Converting Sanskrit into Chinese, [or in contemporary times, to English and other languages] the sutras can bridge ordinary people and sainthood. They turn the Dharma wheel and are teachers for all Buddhas. Understanding the Meaning. Searching through the…