Somewhat surprisingly, the Buddha listed the Four Dignities of the Human Being as Sitting, Standing, Walking, and Lying Down. Sitting and Walking have been extensively explored as meditation postures. What of the other two?
Suzuki Roshi (of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind) encouraged his students to study Sensory Awareness of Standing and Lying Down as ways of bringing a spontaneously concentrated mindfulness to all life’s activities. Chogyam Trungpa made sure that courses in Sensory Awareness were offered from the very beginning of Naropa Institute.
This pat Sunday, Michael shared explorations of Standing and Lying Down as Sensory Awareness activities which can bring natural insight and concentration to our practice.
