I
have already said in the previous post at the conclusion of it:
One
has to make Adistana (resolutions) before beginning the Bhavana, but
after siting for the same, with some comfortable posture, having body
relaxed and erect. Then one says to oneself, what he hopes to do. For
instance he can say,
X.
Will do the practice of Bhavana for 15 minutes. (about 5 to 7 times).
This should be done in one's own language, then it will be much more
meaningful.
Y.
Will be paying 'Attention' to the breathing, without getting
distracted.
Z.
Etc. (about 5 resolutions.)
To
continue the same,
By
making Adistana (Resolutions) in the Bhavana, one develops the
ability or the Skill of the Adistana. Once the Adistana is made, one
has to totally forget about the Adistana, and should continue with
the practice of Bhavana, without even expecting those things to take
place, and should not have any desire, as if one has not made any
Adistana. Therefore, while practicing Bhavana, one should not think
about them, otherwise those thoughts itself will be a distraction to
the practice.
Then
in the process of practicing Bhavana, there would be distractions for
which, one may have not made any Adistana at the beginning of the
practice. Then when one detects such a thing. and after acknowledging
the distractions, one can make an Adistana while in the practice
itself.
When
one advances in his practice of Bhavana and becomes more skillful and
developed in his mind attributes, this mind attribute of Adistana
also will develop and will be more skillful in it. What does that
mean? That is one does not have to make the same Adistana many number
of times as earlier, as in the beginning, such as 5 to 7 times. Even
in a single Adistana, things will take place. That is the time when
one would feel that he 'has the control' of the mind, meaning that
the mind behaves as he wants, rather than he is getting carried away
by the mind.
This
is just like the steering a car, who is well skillful in driving,
having the full control of the vehicle.
This
is very important, when one comes to the Samadi, where he has to
manipulate the Samadi, to go to higher levels in the Samadi, where
one has to make just one single Adistana, to go to the next step. The
moment one makes the Adistana, he would be in the next step or he
would have changed something he want to change or he would have
transcended something which he want to transcend, just by a single
Adistana.
If
one does not practice Adistana, then he is not practicing according
to the Lord Buddha's advice. And it is surprising, that almost all
mediation teachers don't practice Adistana, themselves, hence it is
evident, that they don't teach the same. Since they do not know how
to do it, how can they teach it?
Lord
Buddha once asked from a monk named Arittha, that how does he
practice Bhavana. He answered as anyone of the modern Bhavana teacher
would have instructed , be it a monk or a lay person, of who teach
Bhavana in almost all Bhavana Centers.
Then
Lord Buddha corrected that monk as follows:-
SN
54.6 Arittha Sutta: To Arittha
(On
Mindfulness of Breathing)
translated
from the Pali by
Thanissaro
Bhikkhu
At
Savatthi. There the Blessed One said, "Monks, do you develop
mindfulness of in-&-out breathing?"
When
this was said, Ven. Arittha replied to the Blessed One, "I
develop mindfulness of in-&-out breathing, lord."
Lord
Buddha - "But how do you develop mindfulness of in-&-out
breathing, Arittha?"
Ven.
Arittha -"Having abandoned sensual desire for past sensual
pleasures, lord, having done away with sensual desire for future
sensual pleasures, and having thoroughly subdued perceptions of
irritation with regard to internal & external events, I breathe
in mindfully and breathe out mindfully."
Lord
Buddha - "There is that mindfulness of in-&-out breathing,
Arittha. I don't say that there isn't. But as to how mindfulness of
in-&-out breathing is brought in detail to its culmination,
listen and pay close attention. I will speak."
"As
you say, lord," Ven. Arittha responded to the Blessed One.
The
Blessed One said, "And how, Arittha, is mindfulness of in-&-out
breathing brought in detail to its culmination? There is the case
where a monk, having gone to the wilderness, to the shade of a tree,
or to an empty building, sits down folding his legs crosswise,
holding his body erect, and setting mindfulness to the fore.[2]
Always mindful, he breathes in; mindful he breathes out.
"Breathing
in long, he discerns, 'I am breathing in long'; or breathing out
long, he discerns, 'I am breathing out long.' Or breathing in short,
he discerns, 'I am breathing in short'; or breathing out short, he
discerns, 'I am breathing out short.' He trains himself, 'I will
breathe in sensitive to the entire body.' He trains himself, 'I will
breathe out sensitive to the entire body.' He trains himself, 'I
will breathe in calming bodily fabrication.' He trains himself, 'I
will breathe out calming bodily fabrication.'
"
He trains himself, 'I will breathe in sensitive to rapture.' He
trains himself, 'I will breathe out sensitive to rapture.' He trains
himself, 'I will breathe in sensitive to pleasure.' He trains
himself, 'I will breathe out sensitive to pleasure.' He trains
himself, 'I will breathe in sensitive to mental fabrication.' He
trains himself, 'I will breathe out sensitive to mental fabrication.'
He trains himself, 'I will breathe in calming mental fabrication.'
He trains himself, 'I will breathe out calming mental fabrication.'
To
continue reading the full Sutta click Below:-
So
it is evident that one has to make Adistana as one practices Bhavana
for each and every single things that one want of change or remove or
develop, thus practicing the skill of Adistana itself as well.
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