{"id":2332,"date":"2009-06-08T12:34:07","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T04:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=2332"},"modified":"2009-06-08T12:41:41","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T04:41:41","slug":"the-middle-way-of-meditation-cushions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/06\/the-middle-way-of-meditation-cushions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Middle Way of Meditation Cushions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Not too hard or it would be painful
\nNot to soft or it would be sagging<\/p>\n

Not too high or it would lift too much
\nNot to low or it would not lift the butt<\/p>\n

Not too in or it would make you lean backwards
\nNot too out or it would make you lean forwards<\/p>\n

Not too apathetic or it would be difficult to start
\nNot too particular or it would be impossible to start<\/p>\n

Notes: <\/strong>I prefer round cushions – as above – to harder blocky rectangular kinds, because round ones can conform to body contours more flexibly and comfortably. There’s a lesson here somewhere… Let’s see… ‘It’s better to have a malleable mind to adapt to changing situations (without changing the spirit of spiritual principles), instead of being stiffly principled in both theory and practice.’\u00a0A good cushion is quickly forgotten; not fixated upon when in use – because the focus should be the object of meditation and not anything else.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the way, even the Buddha sat on a meditation cushion under the Bodhi tree to meditate towards Buddhahood. It was a bundle of eight handfuls of Kusa grass, as presented by Sottiya the grass-cutter. Meditation cushions are used to prop up the back to help it remain relaxed but upright, which in turn help the mind stay wakeful. Without cushions, meditators tend to slouch and have aching backs in time, with higher tendencies of dozing off.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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