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Ven. Sujiva
For the Stilling
of Volcanoes
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Contents
Preface
4
1 Volcano
5
2 The Magic of the Mind
10
3 The Main Control
12
Benefits of Mindfulness – Worlds of Difference 13
Gaining Hold on the Main Controls
16
! Walking Meditation
17
! Sitting Meditation
21
! Daily Activities
26
4 Insight and Concentration
28
! Follow-up Advice
30
5 Our Path is the Waterway
32
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If a person is energetic, mindful,
pure in his thought, word and deed,
and if he does everything with care and consideration
in senses restrain,
he earns his living according to the Truth.
And if the person is not unheedful,
the fame and fortune of that mindful person
steadily increases.
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Preface
It is not an task easy to approach such a profound topic as Insight
Meditation in simple terms. But we have to start somewhere. After
some years of introducing this type of meditation, I still find a lack
of introductory booklets for those without any knowledge of
Buddhism. Many of them are extremely technical – loaded with
ancient Indian terminology, for which words in the English
vocabulary can never hope to substitute perfectly. So I have tried
to come up with something easier to read and understand. Even in
this booklet I have used some English words – such as
‘conditioned’ and ‘suffering’ – which need special explanation
when they are used in a ‘Buddhist’ sense.
What I have offered here will give you an idea as to what to do
when you decide to take the first step. Even for those who go on a
retreat, the initial instructions must be repeated several times
before they