Medi-cat-tion Redux
The weather not being very suitable for outside mediation resulted in a nice dry, warm, sit in the lounge. Naturally, after 20 minutes of Metta meditation, this attracted some attention 🙂
Not sure there was really room for this lump of catness but he was welcome all the same and so we carried on with some annapana-sati accompanied with a deep, rich purr.
The local sitting group I meet with weekly are looking for a new venue so I popped into a new(ish) yoga type studio styled as a “conscious movement” centre. I am not sure you get much movement from a sitting group although we do normally follow a 40-10-30 minutes pattern with the 10 minutes as walking meditation. Anyway, the venue seems perfect and perhaps being in a place frequented by like minded individuals the numbers will increase.
Medi-cat-ion – the ionic attraction of cats, half the time, to a meditator.
Karaniya atthakusalena
Yan tam santam padam abhisamecca
Sakko uju cha suju cha
suvatho thassa mudu anatimani
Santussako va subharo va
appakicco va sallahukavutti
santindriyo va nipako va
appagabbho kulesu ananugiddho
Na cha khuddam samachare
Kiñ ci yena viññuu pare upavadeyyum
Sukhino va khemino hontu
Sabbe sattaa bhavantu sukhitatta
Ye keci panabhut’atthi
Tasa va thavara va anavasesa
Digha va ye mahanta va
Majjhima rassaka anukathula
Dittha-va ye va adittha
Ye ca dure vasanti avidure
Bhuta va sambhavesi va
Sabbe satta bhavantu sukhitatta
Na paro param nikubbetha
Natimaññetha kattha si nam kiñ si
vyarosana patighasañña
Naññamaññassa dukkham iccheyya
Mata yatha niyam puttam
Ayusa ekaputtamanurakkhe
Evam pi sabbabhutesu
Manasam bhavaye aparimanam
Mettañ va sabbalokasmim
Maanasam bhavaye aparimanam
Uddham adho cha tiriyañ va
Sambadham averam asapattam
Tittham caram nisinno va
Sayano va yavat’assa vigatamiddho
Etam satim adhittheyya
Brahmametam viharam idhamahu
Ditthiñ va anupagamma sila va
Dassanena sampanno
Kamesu vineyya gedham
Na hi jatu gabbhaseyyam punare ti ti