Shaolin Wahnam Official Policy On Sitting Meditation
Dear Shaolin Family and Guests,
Many people are asking about the practice of sitting meditation in Shaolin Wahnam, and whether or not it will possibly be included in the Shaolin Wahnam standard syllabi in the future.
There are many types of meditation and they are of varying levels – a fact that many people forget.
Years ago Sifu Wong taught sitting meditation to his earlier students. They sometimes concluded their kungfu training with sitting meditation. They sat in a semi-lotus or cross-legged position and just relaxed their mind. Technically, it was the same as the highest meditation, but because Sifu Wong was then teaching at a different level, at the most these early students attained some mental relaxation.
When Sifu Wong taught some special courses for company presidents in South America, he taught them sitting meditation to attain a one-pointed mind. They sat upright on a chair and gently focus on their breaths.
Later, Sifu Kai from Germany found sitting meditation very effective in helping participants at Warrior Projects to attain a focused mind, and taught it with Sifu Wong's blessings. His method is sitting in a lotus position and gently focusing on the breaths.
The type of meditation we are talking about, however, is not the three examples mentioned above. It is the most advanced, sitting in a lotus position to attain no mind (which is All Mind).
Why do any people practice the highest sitting meditation, or any sitting meditation? Here are the reasons:
1. To be relaxed.
2. To have a focused mind.
3. To have mental clarity and freshness.
4. To have inner peace.
5. To cultivate spiritually.
6. To acquire psychic powers.
7. To attain satori or spiritual awakenings.
8. To return to God, to merge with Tao or to attain Enlightenment.
Except for the last, which all of us are not ready yet, Shaolin Wahnam students achieve all the aims above remarkably well with our standing meditation, and far better than most people, including masters, who have practiced sitting meditation for years.
There are also unconscious reasons for why people would want to practice sitting meditation:
1. To follow the fashion of practicing sitting meditation.
2. To flatter one’s ego of having tried the highest art.
We also do not want our students to have such false glory. We prefer real, practical benefits.
Shaolin Wahnam's official policy on the teaching of sitting meditation is as follows:
1. We do not teach sitting meditation in our standard syllabi.
2. If there is a special need, it may be taught by those qualified to do so with Sifu Wong's approval.
Later, when the time is right, sitting meditation may be introduced officially into our standard syllabi, although at a lower level.
Dear Shaolin Family and Guests,
Many people are asking about the practice of sitting meditation in Shaolin Wahnam, and whether or not it will possibly be included in the Shaolin Wahnam standard syllabi in the future.
There are many types of meditation and they are of varying levels – a fact that many people forget.
Years ago Sifu Wong taught sitting meditation to his earlier students. They sometimes concluded their kungfu training with sitting meditation. They sat in a semi-lotus or cross-legged position and just relaxed their mind. Technically, it was the same as the highest meditation, but because Sifu Wong was then teaching at a different level, at the most these early students attained some mental relaxation.
When Sifu Wong taught some special courses for company presidents in South America, he taught them sitting meditation to attain a one-pointed mind. They sat upright on a chair and gently focus on their breaths.
Later, Sifu Kai from Germany found sitting meditation very effective in helping participants at Warrior Projects to attain a focused mind, and taught it with Sifu Wong's blessings. His method is sitting in a lotus position and gently focusing on the breaths.
The type of meditation we are talking about, however, is not the three examples mentioned above. It is the most advanced, sitting in a lotus position to attain no mind (which is All Mind).
Why do any people practice the highest sitting meditation, or any sitting meditation? Here are the reasons:
1. To be relaxed.
2. To have a focused mind.
3. To have mental clarity and freshness.
4. To have inner peace.
5. To cultivate spiritually.
6. To acquire psychic powers.
7. To attain satori or spiritual awakenings.
8. To return to God, to merge with Tao or to attain Enlightenment.
Except for the last, which all of us are not ready yet, Shaolin Wahnam students achieve all the aims above remarkably well with our standing meditation, and far better than most people, including masters, who have practiced sitting meditation for years.
There are also unconscious reasons for why people would want to practice sitting meditation:
1. To follow the fashion of practicing sitting meditation.
2. To flatter one’s ego of having tried the highest art.
We also do not want our students to have such false glory. We prefer real, practical benefits.
Shaolin Wahnam's official policy on the teaching of sitting meditation is as follows:
1. We do not teach sitting meditation in our standard syllabi.
2. If there is a special need, it may be taught by those qualified to do so with Sifu Wong's approval.
Later, when the time is right, sitting meditation may be introduced officially into our standard syllabi, although at a lower level.
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