What does it mean to sit in meditation and enter concentration?

This is a practice in Buddhism. Zazen means sitting in meditation. After that, the mind enters a wonderful state of forgetfulness without distracting thoughts.

Zazen means to look at the racing thoughts in your mind with your heart. The thoughts will slowly calm down, and a clear sky will appear in your calmed mind (metaphor). Just like shaking the turbid water in a cup without moving the cup, the turbidity in the cup will settle to the bottom of the cup, and the water will be pure and flawless. The function of zazen is to make people who meditate have a clear mind, orderly thinking, and focused actions.

To enter concentration is to enter meditation. Sometimes the attainment of enlightenment is also called entering samadhi. It is designated as one of the three studies and the five dharma bodies, which can make the mind focus on one situation. It can be divided into types such as having concentration and concentration without concentration. There are those who enter samadhi for the purpose of practicing Buddhism, and there are also those who enter samadhi who are waiting for the saints who will appear in the world many years later. If you want to enter samadhi and come out of samadhi, it is better to snap your fingers at that person.

According to the "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", Maha Kassapa accepted the Buddha's will and entered the Jizu Mountain; the debater of the Qing Dynasty disappeared in the Asuluo Palace in South India to wait for the birth of Maitreya. "The Theory of Great Wisdom" also says that a person who has entered concentration will not be harmed by water or fire, nor will he die. In yoga and right-brain meditation, entering concentration is also called entering an alpha wave state (or transsexual consciousness).

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Things to note when sitting in meditation:

1. Begin to meditate, first abstain from eating fishy, ??meaty, spicy food. Food that is covered with fishy meat will have a heavy and turbid taste. If you eat it, the acquired qi will be thick and difficult to suppress. Spicy food has a frivolous nature, and eating it will cause the innate Qi to disperse but not gather. Those who are wise should not eat fishy, ??meaty or spicy food, and only eat light vegetarian meals to eliminate the original taste. Don't eat too much, as overeating will hurt your mind. If you don’t eat too much, you will be hungry. If you are too hungry, your Qi will be damaged. You must know the way of eating in this festival.

2. Shaking the heart while sitting quietly will cause the Qi to disperse. If you cultivate a little bit of Jing Qi Shen, it will not only be leaked from the marital life, but also from the six roots. Seeing too much with the eyes is a kind of "leakage", hearing too much with the ears is also a kind of "leakage", and speaking too much with the mouth is a kind of "leakage"! All six will leak. Why is it emphasized that as a practitioner, the first step is to close the six sense organs? When the six roots are closed, the essence, energy, and spirit will automatically enter the Ren and Du channels and return to the central channel.

3. Smile while meditating.

4. When sitting quietly and thinking, you can focus on counting your breaths, not counting the inhalations, only counting the outbreaths. When you count the out-breaths, you release everything, including your own life, all worries and illnesses, following the out-breaths. Especially if you catch a cold or get sick, or if tumors or cancers develop in your body, it will go out together with the breath, and it will be empty when it goes out. Count your breaths like this and your body will immediately feel relaxed.