Buddhist Walking Meditation

Everyday when we are walking, have we ever observed that how we walk. The answer is often not. Apperception has not the opportunity to occur. Because people generally will walk whether faster or slower will step on normal long walking and rhythm. There is nobody had set a step how long or short, how rhythm, and never set left or right in walking step.

For this reason, the Lord Buddha has used this scheme to create the benefit of walking. Creating the apperception by learning to a new walking movement. Observing when we are walking.

Walking manner is one of the physical symptoms. It has ability to create the mental to get well concentrate. This basic practicing is the intention of walking around in the rhythm and the distances setting. We called this practicing is Walking Meditation.

Walking Meditation by meaning is stepping respectively. In priest life, the exercise as a householder such as running, dancing or sporting are not suit for priest, so walking meditation is an only exercise for priest, to move a body and change manner. Because monks who usually trained meditation in all manner. So monks’ walking is the normal walk with consider in the religion philosophy.

In the four meditation poses by the Lord Buddha teaching, are sitting, standing, sleeping and walking. The best pose is the walking meditation. Meditation on walking is special and great. Even physical move through, but the meditation is able to persist. Meditation caused by the type of walking meditation is suit, ready to observe, and can enhance to practice Insight meditation.

Walking Meditation is not how to walk for the distance or to cycle walk. However, it is the walking with walking observe. It is a walk to practice to be with current events, not to think about the past or the future. The more we can observe on walking today, the more we will stop thinking about the past and the future.

Buddhist Meditation