"I'll be guiding the meditation, and, as usual, you don't have to listen to my guidance. It's just there if you want it. Feel free to do your own sit, and get out of it whatever you wish. Then after that, I'll give some kind of talk, mainly-as I usually say-a demonstration of ignorance; a public demonstration of ignorance, and hopefully that will be helpful or interesting in some way."
"And from there, let's do a little bit of chanting. Sometimes we just do a seed syllable, but today we'll do the mani mantra. if you don't know it, it is: om mani padme hum. And we just continuously chant it-there's no breath in there. So just take a breath whenever you want. Hopefully we all take breaths at different times, and so the chant just continues."
An hour-long meditation session begins with guidance to sit still, with an invitation to use a chair if sitting cross-legged is uncomfortable. Gentle movement precedes chanting of the mani mantra—om mani padme hum—sung continuously with free breathing. Participants are instructed to set aside the thinking mind without forcing or controlling thoughts. A short talk described as a public demonstration of ignorance follows the meditation, then an opportunity is given for participants to share experiences using a microphone. The program concludes with an entirely silent meditation period during which no verbal guidance is offered.
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