..續本文上一頁erpower you and you can”t remain equanimous, then for some time you can work on Anapana—nothing wrong.
Q: And it”s okay to go from the pains in the leg back to Anapana and then go back to the leg
SNG: Yes, yes, yes—do that!
Q: Yesterday when I was sitting ... I found I couldn”t concentrate on the sensations, on other sensations very well. So all I ended up doing was naming the parts of the body. And then you said something this evening that made me think maybe I should just concentrate on the pain.
SNG: For some time, do that, yes. Initially I said stay only for one minute. Now you can stay for two, three minutes and try to observe the pain, the area of the pain in detail—where the pain is more, where the pain is less, like that. And then move, and then again come.
Q: So I shouldn”t stay there ...
SNG: If you stay too long, then the other parts will go blind. So better move and come there and work on it for a few minutes, and then again move. Work on it for a few minutes and then move. That will be the best thing to do.
Q: Is it okay, because I can”t really feel or it doesn”t seem that I can feel the other parts of my body, just to name them
SNG: No, only naming won”t help. Come back to Anapana. Naming will not help you in any way.
Q: Well, I would also go to that part.
SNG: Go to that part. But if you just go to that part and give a name, that won”t help. Go to that part and try to feel a sensation. If you don”t feel a sensation, then go to that part and feel the breath. You are with this part and with the breath, another part with the breath, and then you will start getting sensation also.
Q: What about making a child and giving birth—is that creating more sankhāras
Will that not make more attachment
But what will the world be without it
SNG: Yes, yes, quite true. The attachment does not mean that you should not have love for your near and dear ones.
You see, people don”t understand the word “detachment” properly. What is meant is not indifference; you don”t start hating your near and dear ones. As a mother, you will have all responsibility toward your child; with all the love you will take care of your child, but there is no attachment, no clinging. You are doing your duty with all the love. Suppose somebody is sick and you are serving them. You have done your best and yet the person is not coming out of the sickness. You don”t start crying, you work in another way, you work in another way.
Q: That”s very difficult …
SNG: Yes, but that”s what you have to learn!
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