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itroducing someone to meditation

itroducing someone to meditation
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12/3/10 10:44 AM
How to introduce someone to meditation in few words? How someone *fresh* should meditate?
I skipped this stage and don't know how does very beginning of the path looks like, so i am unable to share my own experience.

RE: itroducing someone to meditation
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3/13/11 7:46 PM as a reply to pawel adam baranski.
If I were in that sitch, I would just say "Keep your body relaxed but your spine straight. Pay very close attention to each in and out breath. Try not to get distracted, and if you do, try to realize when it happens quickly and bring your mind back to paying attention to your breaths"

Insert whatever is specific to your particular practice, like eyes closed or half-open, particular hand position, whatever.

I definitely think that any beginner should begin by trying to develop samdhi before prajña, so... anapanasati is probably the best. It's also probably the simplest in terms of explanation.