Meditation

Question 1

What are the 3 realizations that come to us through meditation according to Buddhist nun Pema Chodron?

Answer 1

Thoughts have no birthplace
Awareness of “complete openness”
Thoughts are unceasing

Question 2

What does bahiranga mean?

Answer 2

external life of the senses

Question 3

What does pratyahara mean?

Answer 3

Detaching at will from the senses

Question 4

Give some examples of sensations that can be a backdrop to students in class during pratyahara or meditation

Answer 4

light in the room
heart beating in chest
sounds reaching you from outside the class or within class
cloth on skin

Question 5

what does Samadhi mean?

Answer 5

wholeness and balanced awareness

Question 6

what type of meditation uses a string of beads to help meditators follow the flow of breath in and out of body?

Answer 6

mala

Question 7

Which of the following is a type of meditation in which a chosen word or set of words is repeated?

Answer 7

mantra

Question 8

Which of the following is a type of meditation where you focus on the breath while counting down from 100?

Answer 8

counting

Question 9

“So-hum”, “aum”, and “shanti” are types of what?

Answer 9

mantras