from [/villagepump/no need to close your eyes in meditation](https://scrapbox.io/villagepump/no need to close your eyes in meditation). from Dogmatic Meditation Commentary No need to close your eyes in meditation. Q: Do you close your eyes?
- A: Basically, I don’t close it.
- I believe it was named in the Buddhist direction.
- . with eyes half-closed” or “with eyes half-closed”?
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The eyes of the Buddha images are neither open nor closed, the so-called “half-open” gaze.
- https://mjj.or.jp/message/第66回%EF%BC%9A%E3%80%8C半眼の眼差し%E3%80%8D
- It’s dangerous to close your eyes when you walk.
- I just realized, though, that walking is where meditation is for me now.
- There is also a common way to stare at candle and open fire (e.g. in a kitchen).
- point-blank method
- homa
- [I just learned there’s a word for that.
- I just realized, though, that walking is where meditation is for me now.
- It doesn’t mean “we shouldn’t close it,” so you can do whatever you want either way, but there’s no basis for the claim “we should close it.”
- The first priority is to go to an environment where you don’t have to close the door to avoid emotional turmoil.
- I believe it was named in the Buddhist direction.
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