Tips for New Meditators | Talk on Buddhism by Ajahn Dhammasiha at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage

Ajahn Dhammasiha provides some advice for those who are just starting their meditation practice:

If sitting crosslegged is too difficult, just sit on a chair or stool

Do lots of walking meditation, if you feel restless or struggle with the posture

Try to maintain mindfulness ('sati') not only in formal meditation, but throughout the day

Purify your practice of virtue ('sīla') by keeing the five precepts consistently

Do act of kindness and generosity to generate plenty of good karma to brighten the mind and make it happy.

Dhammagiri…

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