and rites celebrating the ending of fasts or fast periods.Fasting, the opposite of feasting, has often been associated with purification rites or as a preparatorydisciplinefor the celebration of feasts and associated rites. Festivals often include not only feasting but also dramatic dancing and athle...
This is similar to the Confucius discipline of “heart-mind fasting”, and it is regarded as “the natural way”. One simply allows all thoughts and sensations arise and fall by themselves, without engaging with or “following” any of them. If this is found to be too hard and “...
Focusing the attention on a single object during the whole meditation session. This object may be the breath, a mantra, visualization, part of the body, external object, etc. As the practitioner advances, his ability to keep the flow of attention in the chose...