【The Meditation Session – what to do in between sessions 】- Relaxing but not slacking

The difference between relaxing and slacking requires clarification here: for instance, I am going to prostrate or recite Buddha’s name now, so I devote full attention to it. Here in the prayer hall, stand there with full attention. At that time, with full attention and standing tall, then the eyes are open wide to focus on the chanting, well, after chanting for half an hour, you feel tired! Then, at that time, we should take a break for some relaxation. To relax, relax what? Relax this physical form – the body needs some relaxation. Yet you should not forget the mindfulness of your object of meditation, this is very important! You can go there and lie in bed, and be relaxed in this manner. The body is relaxing but your mind still concords with the object of meditation, still concords with it. This is very important, very important! You can even recall the flaws of previous session or any mistakes, and how to improve in the next session, like that.

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25A 11’02” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P8 LL4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P100

日常师父法语📡25A 11’02”手抄稿第4册P8 LL4

修持轨理 - 未修中间 : 放松而不放逸

那个松驰跟放逸这个地方要说明一下：譬如说，我现在去拜佛、念佛，那么全部精神贯注在这里，这个在大殿上面，站在那里全部精神挺起来。那时候身体是全部精神挺得直直的，然后呢眼睛瞪得大大的，然后全部的精神贯注在这里念，喔，这个念了半小时，念得很累! 以后那个时候我们就应该下来轻松一下。轻松，轻松什么？轻松这个身体，身体要轻松一下，那时候心里面也放得轻松一点，但是你不要忘掉你所缘念的，这个很重要！ 你可以跑得去躺在那个床上，然后呢很轻松的这种方式，身体在这儿休息，可是这个心哪还是跟它相应的，跟它相应的。这个非常重要，非常重要！乃至于你可以想前面那一座有什么缺点，有什么错误，那么后面一座怎么去改善。