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Cham Shan Temple
ná mó fó tuó
南 無 佛 陀
Namo Buddha
ná mó dá mó
南 無 達 摩
Namo Dharma
ná mó sēng qié
南 無 僧 伽
Namo Sangha
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The Main Objective of Insight
Meditation
To purify the mind of all negative
tendencies - greed, anger and
delusion, through mind control.
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Satipatthana Vipassana Meditationn
四念住
 Kayanupassana Satipatthana
(Mindfulness of Body)
 Vedananupassana Satipatthana
(Mindfulness of Feelings)
 Cittanupassana Satipatthana
(Mindfulness of Mind)
 Dhammanupassana Satipatthana
(Mindfulness of Phenomena)
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Experience the Truth
 Cannot speculate or have ideas about it;
 Can be realized only through bare attention.
 To be mindful without thinking at the present moment,.
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Result - Eliminate Suffering
 Get to see the relationships of true characteristics
with one another.
 Lead to direct experience of the three general
characteristics of existence—Dukkha, Anicca,
andAnatta (suffering, impermanence and non-self).
 Eliminate affliction and suffering at the end.
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MINDFULNESS Of BODY
 Observe the contact area during sitting.
 Recognize number of touch points.
 Do not time how long it takes for each observation.
 If sleepy, change object or touch point.
 Watch arising and falling without commenting.
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MINDFULNESS OF BODY
 Do not watch breathing at the tip of the nose.
 Do not visualize, count or control breathing.
 Do not just concentrate on object without mindfulness.
 Cannot be mindful without the three characteristics of ―suffering,
change and non-self‖.
 Let the true realities appear by themselves.
Vipassana basically means watching realities.
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MINDFULNESS OF BODY
 Not to control rising and falling.
 Eliminate the thought involvement.
 Observe the phenomena – ―the pure process‖.
 Observe the ―wind element‖ – tension, vibration and
motion.
 Have mindfulness on the object to perceive the truth.
 Put aside the idea or concept.
 Follow the flow of the processes of the sensations.
 Rotate the priority of objects.
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Questions and
Comments 討論
www.ChamShanTemple.org
www.shengguangshi.blogspot.com
ShengguangShi@hotmail.com
Shengguang Shi 釋聖光
Tom Cheung 張相棠
Kam Cheung 張仁勤
Dennis A. Yap 葉普智
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回向 yuàn xiāo zhàng zhū fán năo
s ā n
Parinamana (Transfer of Merit)
願消三障諸煩惱
We wish to rid ourselves of the three hindrances and all klesas.
yuàn dé zhì huì zhēn míng
l ĭ a o
願得智慧 真 明了
We wish to gain wisdom and real understanding.
pŭ yuàn zuì zhàng xī chú
x i ā o
普願罪障悉消除
We wish all sinful hindrances to be totally eradicated.
shì shì cháng xíng pú sà dào
世世常行菩薩道
In one life after another we always follow Bodhisattvas’ paths.
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