When I first watched this documentary on YouTube, I was really not prepared for the film. It was so well-made, with a strong voice over narration, and of course the gorgeous photography, but I have to say, it really made me think about what it means to be an hotei buddha. It is a rare type of spiritual teacher who actually lives in a Buddhist monastery, and those who do are called hotei buddhas.
It’s not just about being an enlightened being who knows everything, but being who is able to interact with the world at large. It’s also about the way that Buddhist teachings are often taught to be difficult and difficult for beginners to understand, especially when they aren’t able to practice meditation and other practices. It’s also about the way that meditation practices are misunderstood and used to teach very different ideas, like that we can become enlightened beings by meditating.
Meditating is more than just sitting there and doing nothing. It is a very important part of mindfulness, which is the ability to be present with the present moment. In traditional Buddhist meditation practices, there are a couple ways that we can be present with the present moment. One is the sense of the body, the other is the sense of the breath.
The best way to learn about a meditation is to go to a meditation center and watch people meditate. The goal is to get a sense of how they’re meditating and then use that to help you learn about how to meditate. If you don’t know what mindfulness is, watch a video of a Buddhist monk walking slowly from his room to the front door of the meditation hall.
That’s basically what we’re looking for. A sense of the body, a body and breath.
The meditation is something I’ve been thinking about for a while. For me, it’s a lot like being in a meditation retreat with a couple of people. I’ve taken my meditations and been really engaged in them.
We recently interviewed a Buddhist monk that I really appreciate because he was able to show a very real meditation technique to us that we could use to practice today. Its called the hotei buddha technique. It involves holding your breath and feeling your heartbeat. He took us through a short video where he walked from the meditation hall to the front door, holding his breath and looking at the door. When he turned the handle, he was greeted by the sound of the ocean.
When I first saw this video, I thought, “Oh, this is so cool, it sounds like the sound of a waves crashing onto the shore of a small island.” But then I realized he was saying the sound of a waves crashing on a large shore, and it was really the sound of the ocean.
hotei buddha is a Chinese word that means “breath of life.” It was developed for the ancient Buddhist monks who meditated, and in modern times it has been used to mean anything that is or can be a source of energy or life.
Hotei buddha is, of course, a term commonly used in the west to describe a Buddhist monk. In Chinese Buddhism it is one of the four most important Buddhist schools that is considered the most difficult to master. It is the school of the four great sects of the four paths – Zen, Jodo, Kongsan, and Taixi – and is particularly associated with the practice of meditation.