Silent Meditation

30mins silent meditation with a short introductory chant by Bhante Chandima to pay homage to the Buddha and evoke stillness for a successful practice. The meditation starts and ends with a single bell.

Transcript

Please keep your back straight,

Neck straight,

Head straight.

Let your whole body to relax from top to bottom,

Bottom to top.

I'm going to pay a sincere respect and gratitude towards the Buddha and after that we are going to start the silent meditation.

Please calmly close your eyes and concentrate.

Iti miso bhangava arehamsaṁ māsaṁ buddho viññācarena saṁpanno suṅgato loka-vidho ānuttaro puriṣa-daṅga-sārati satādhīva manuṣyānaṁ muddho bhangavāti svākāto bhagavata-daṅgo saṅgati ko'akāli ko'ehi pasiko'opanai ko'vacatāṁ veditambo viññuhiti bhagavato bhagavato bhagavato bhagavato bhagavato bhagavato bhagavato bhagavato bhagavato āhūneyo pāhūneyo nākineyo āngalikaraneyo ānuttarāṁ puññakittaṁ loka-sārati sādhu sādhu sādhu with a very calm mind with a very quiet mind with an alert very attentive mind with a balanced very equanimous mind very patient mind may your meditation be really very successful really really successful please start your meditation right now