How to Stay Focused during the Meditation | Buddhism In English

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Nam buddhaya welcome to yet another episode in Buddhist meditations now in today's video we're going to be discussing about how to stay focused during the meditation now this is a question and this is a problem that most of the beginners of meditation has right they say that my mind is not focusing my mind is distracting always it's jumping here and there jumping from thoughts to to thoughts I cannot focus my mind well you cannot focus and you cannot make your mind focused instead now keep this in your mind keep always remembering toward yourself that I cannot make my mind focused but I can let my mind to become concentrated and focused so what is the difference of that now it's like this now if you take a glass of water and if you hold it on your palm maybe on your hand right can you make that water right can you make that water still while holding it the water does not become still right you you okay you try to focus it and you try to concentrate and you you tighten your grip and you try to hold it can you make your water still you cannot right so if you keep the water the glass of water on the flow and stay still by looking at it right you can stay until till the water becomes Still You Can Let It Go and Keep It on your floor and just watch it then immediately the water will become still so this is a great simul for concentration remember the more you try to focus your mind the more you try to concentrate your mind it will become more St more distracted so what do you have to do how can we focus our mind well it is all about taking back your distracted mind towards the meditation again and again and again that is the secret there's no other secret so when you are doing meditation right suppose you started doing breathing meditation now you focus on the pattern of your breathing right you focus on your nose tip right you focus on the touch and you stay still and become concentrated from a split second what happens to your mind it will become distracted it will run out of the focus and it's it it will start thinking about other things like maybe you may be wondering about what will happen tomorrow right sometimes most of the people they when they start to meditate when they close their eyes they're wondering what is happening around us they become so curious that is the nature of your mind so what you have to do first of all be kind to your mind right and when you know and when you become aware of your mind that you it has become distracted what you have to do take back your distracted mind towards the focus of meditation right and then it will stay for maybe maybe 5 seconds maybe 2 seconds maybe 1 minute we can't say it but it will stay for a while in the concentration in the focused and after that again what will happen it will become distracted that is what you call Monkey mind huh so when you your monkey mind is there the monkey cannot be like we cannot catch a monkey and let it become in one place but we can make our monkey we can be friendly with our monkey and ask him to stay for a while in one place and during the meditation right so it is like that when your mind is becoming distracted when your mind is scattered and when your mind is running here and there Bring Back Your distracted mind to the focus point or the uh the object of meditation right so when you do it again and again it becomes a practice the Mind become used mind get used to stay in one place when you close your eyes with the time there will be days that your mind become so focused well concentrated so peaceful and calm right so it is all about bringing back your distracted mind towards the meditation again and again and again and when it becomes a habit what will happen we don't want to make any effort we don't want to give any effort to your mind to become focused by Nature by its own self what will happen it will become focused right so practice it so this need a little bit of a patience right it takes time right so meditation is something that is so good for our life meditation brings the happiness and the calmness towards your life remember every good thing in this world right everything that brings the happiness towards our life that brings the joyfulness to our life is little bit of a hard thing you should give some effort to it it takes time so little by little step by step you can practice this meditation bring back the distracted mind towards the meditation again and again and again and be patient be kind to your mind and practice it daily as a habit then your mind and your meditation become more peaceful and more successful so I hope you enjoy this video today so practice this meditation and practice the meditation every day right whenever you are possible and have the peacefulness of meditation towards your life Nam budhay [Music]