The meaning of retreat.
MEANING OF TINH PROVINCE.

Emotional means to wash the body and mind pure, to see the Buddha and hear his dharma, progressive religious. French retreats help the meditator adjust the body of an abnormal human being becomes normal. From the ordinary body elevates into the extraordinary body, transforming the emotion and reason of the ordinary into the moral and intellectual of the saint.To purify the mind, first purify the body. Purify the body by breathing for air conditioning; Because the breath governs the life of the author. Before starting to practice retreat, the following conditions should be prepared.1 - The retreatant must be clean, ventilated to breathe fresh air, necessary for purifying the body. Places that are hygienic, cramped, stuffy, dirty, damp, or have harmful substances, many mosquitoes, are not suitable for breathing control and susceptibility to disease.2 - Time of retreat, need to choose the quiet, quiet; No passerby; No noisy noise; No voice or noisy car. All the turmoil outside the clutter barriers to concentration and reflection.3 - Before the retreat, do not do too much work on the mind and limbs. Because of the heavy workload, the amount of organic matter burned must be large and will emit more CO2. At that time, to breathe fast and strong, just to get rid of the toxins out. Therefore, the meditator retreats immediately, the slow and gentle breath, will not be enough to discharge out of the toxic carbon still accumulated in the blood. This makes the practitioner feel lightheaded, tired, chest tight, or limb, etc.So, if you do a little heavy work, before the retreat, need to do the following. Breathe five to ten times, to completely remove the toxic carbon dioxide from the body. After that, slowly start breathing again.However, it should not be from a very strong period of breathing to slow breathing. In the middle of the transition, the average pacing of fast and slow breathing; To avoid loss of balance for the heartbeat. This method applies only to practitioners who enter the mind, but the mind and body are not in the normal state, should be adjusted accordingly.After the preparation of the retreat seat, the time of retreat and adjust the breath, not to fall into abnormal status mentioned above; The practitioner starts to breathe light and visualize the method described below.Particularly for practitioners who are practicing the Buddha's name and returning to their retreats, their mental bodies are adjusted normally during the walking. They do not need to apply the method of breathing first. The method of breathing control will proceed as follows.When meditating, your back should be straight. Sit back straight to help blood as well as air circulation in the body is easily regulated. The left hand of the practitioner is placed on the right hand, symbolizing the inner meaning of the external mystery. That is, outside the meditator there is a normal body like everyone else; But within the effort to cultivate, cultivate virtue, always carry the mind of building happiness for everyone. Although he accomplishes many great benefits and merits, he is not bragging, complacent, humble, and cultivating virtue.When sitting still, his neck must also be straight. Eyes looking down on the ground in front of the face, the size of a practitioner; Because sight too close to eye strain. Eyes that open about a third of normal open eyes are the most appropriate and also represent the compassionate eyes of the Buddha. He does not close his eyes; Because the eyes are closed, it is easy to make the drowsy practitioner and his eyes wide open easily scattered, difficult to concentrate. When the eye has been selected for the proper fit, the practitioner focuses his gaze on the fixed point; Do not glance back, avoiding distraction.In order to respect the necessary tranquility during the retreat of the monk, as well as to ensure the minimum sanitary condition for the masses, practitioners with cold, runny nose, cough, etc., in general he does not Be well, or be contagious, do not sit still with the masses. Because when a person sneezes, coughs, or shakes his body, stirring, to modify his sitting position, he will move them and interfere with the visualization of everyone; Not to mention infecting others.Adjust the shape to sit upright, firmly finished, he began to adjust the breath, slowly inhale lightly. Breathe in as light and as long as possible; From ten seconds to half a minute is best. Inhale gently so that the air moves in the bronchus normally, regularly, without hurting the cells of the bronchi. Inhale for a long time for the chest cavity to expand, filled with air.Inhaling, the practitioner stops for a second, allowing the air to travel along the full lung; Then exhale slowly. Breathing out also must be gentle and prolonged as if inhaled, to completely remove carbon dioxide out.Breathe out, he also rest for a second, then resume.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.26/8/2017.