Hours of Meditation
- When I first started I asked my teacher, “how many hours of practice(meditation) is good ?”She told me..1 hour a day if you don’t want to regress2 hours for small improvement daily4 hours optimumThen she addsAwakening is like becoming a virtuoso violinist
, how many hours do you think is needed? Then she added some more“I spent a few years working a full time job and practice 6 hours a day, my partner was not happy but I was
” Ps imo an amateur violinist need 2-3 hours a dayA professional probably 4-5Virtuoso probably 6-8I need to write and ask Yo-yo Ma how many hours he practise. Lol15 Comments
Mr./Ms. DLYes sounds like a lot to the ego, but in reality 3 hrs a day is only 12.5% of an entire day. A small price for massive gains. - Reply
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Yin Ling
Mr./Ms. DL yeah on weekends 6 hours is possible ..
But I think the key is also consistency
Mr./Ms. DL
Yes
i have to admit consistency is not my strong point these days. Just out
of curiosity Yin, what is your current meditation practice consisting
of? Do you still do your vipassana body scanning?
Yin Ling
Mr./Ms. DL any practise is good 
I
just sit in spaciousness while on cushion, post anatta one can do that.
Occasionally contemplate non-self of phenomena but once I intuited it
now I just rest my mind in the boundless ness of it.
Off
cushion, I try to bring the “taste” of my meditation, whatever I am
doing on cushion, to allow it to seep into activity for eg in the gym in
between sets (and not on fb lol), I just rest in appearances or anatta
whichever possible at that time.
A lot is intuitive, I see my weak point then I work on it, bit like gym/piano/ any arts lol
Mr./Ms. BR
Yes.....
In everything we do, PRACTICE indeed makes perfect and when it reaches
there, it will be in our SUBCONSCIOUS, thus having an auto-pilot modes.
like
DRIVING, at first, awkward and very very attentive in every
details...adrenalin are high then after years of doing it, 'it' drives
on its own..... I'm always AMAZE by how accurate I step in the break or
turning corner on precise moment when I'm NOT into mindful driving, I
usually work ( talking to someone) when I drive.
also
in COOKING, it's AMAZE me for those who are very good in cooking, they
are working in AUTO PILOT, 'it' kinds of know what sequence of
ingredients or how big the fire it needs or when is the right moment to
put the next ingredients WHILE TALKING TO SOMEONE or WATCHING TV
SERIES..... is it AMAZING?
As
long as, we have the ATTitude of WHATEVER IT TAKES to reach what we
want to reach, holding to our CHOSEN BELIEFS, keeping on with the
PRACTICE, be it meditation, be it being a doctor, be it being a dharma
teacher, eventually, we will reach it and it becomes auto-pilot too. 
this
is on me thinking : those gifted child are perfect samples, I believe
in reincarnation so I believe it's just a Continuation on what they're
doing on their past lives.
Yin Ling
Mr./Ms. BR yes
For someone who practise and gain realisations;
And someone who don’t but just learn intellectually,
It’s like night and day.
The one who don’t practise won’t even understand the results of practise.
Driving and cooking can be seen.
The dhamma realisations are beyond mind , u can experienced but it’s so hard to write even a word to describe
Mr./Ms. BR
Yin Ling indeed indeed 
William Lim
How do you sit for 3-6 hours? You must have a damn strong back
Yin Ling
William Lim
lol ok one wor? Don’t feel much pain now.. at the start got some pain
but it was at my groin area and the leg feels numb at around 45 mins but
slowly it just goes away once the body adapts
Mr./Ms. JM
Like continuous？or 2x 2hours each is OK? 
Yin Ling
Mr./Ms. JM lol sorry I guess this post is abit extreme , my teacher told me that coz she knows I can handle it,
As I was doing it full time.
But her general advice is usually an hour in the morning and an hour at night to Keep the momentum going.
Mr./Ms. JJ
For
people who this is not possible, Ive found the practice of continuous
mindfulness during the day to be vital. It creates the necessary
momentum that can be used in the sits.
Yin Ling
Mr./Ms. JJ
I agree with u. Even 5-10 mins pause to tune in is beneficial. I
sometimes pause for abit in the pantry letting my colleague know I am
going to meditate for abit. Most western countries have a “spiritual
room” for one to use.
Mr./Ms. JJ
Yeah
that's good too. What I meant was to practice awareness. Meaning you
are continuously aware of what you are doing without getting lost in the
content of what's happening. But it takes a good amount of persistence.
However, I found that this practice than makes the meditation time I do
get (usually 2h) a lot more effective.
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