Những khóa thiền tập theo truyền thống thường được bắt đầu bằng lời tụng về Ba quy y, hay Ba sự quay về nương tựa, đó là:

Con về nương tựa Phật
Người đưa đường chỉ lối cho con trong cuộc đời
Con về nương tựa Pháp
Con đường của tình thương và sự hiểu biết
Con về nương tựa Tăng

Đoàn thể của những ai nguyện sống cuộc đời tỉnh thức

Bạn hãy ngồi trong một tư thế dễ chịu. Buông thư. Nhắm mắt lại. Nghĩ đến những hoàn cảnh nào đã đưa đẩy bạn đến với con đường thực tập này, và tất cả những ai đã giúp cho bạn có cơ hội có mặt nơi đây.

Khi đọc câu “Con về nương tựa Phật,” tôi cảm thấy rất phấn khởi khi nghĩ đến Sidhartha Gautama, một con người cũng giống như tôi nhưng đã tìm ra được một lối sống trong cuộc đời này. Giữa những mất mát và đớn đau nhưng ngài không bị khổ đau. Đức Phật đã tỉnh thức, và tôi cũng có khả năng tỉnh thức như Phật. Ngài đã giải thoát và có tự do. Và tôi cũng có thể làm được như ngài. Ý nghĩ đó mang lại cho tôi sự phấn khởi và niềm tin.

Khi đọc câu “Con về nương tựa Pháp,” tôi rất mừng vui vì đức Phật đã chỉ dạy phương pháp giúp ta chuyển hóa và tỉnh thức. Và ngài đã lặp đi lặp lại nhiều lần cho những người đã trao truyền giáo pháp ấy qua biết bao thế hệ, và cuối cùng có người đã ghi chép lại để chúng tôi có cơ hội được học hỏi ngày nay. Nhờ vậy mà tôi không phải lần mò tìm một lối đi nữa. Tôi có thể sử dụng một phương pháp đã được thử nghiệm thành công trong suốt hơn 25 thế kỷ qua, như là một kim chỉ nam.

Khi đọc câu “Con về nương tựa Tăng,” tôi nghĩ đến gia đình, lúc nào cũng hỗ trợ tôi trên con đường thiền

tập, dù ở gần hay xa, và những người bạn lúc nào cũng nâng đỡ và khuyến khích tôi. Ngay cả những lúc tôi ẩn cư thiền tập một mình, tôi vẫn không bao giờ cảm thấy cô đơn. Tôi cảm thấy rất hạnh phúc khi biết rằng những người thân xa gần lúc nào cũng hỗ trợ tôi trong sự thực tập, và tôi cảm thấy hoan hỷ mỗi khi hồi hướng cho sự an lành của họ, và cho cả chính tôi.

Nếu ta có thể hồi hướng sự thực tập cho những người thân của mình, là người Phật tử, ta cũng có thể hồi hướng công đức ấy đến cho chúng sanh ở mọi nơi. Theo truyền thống, bạn có thể đọc những lời sau đây trước khi bắt đầu và khi chấm dứt một thời ngồi thiền:

Mong sao tôi được an vui
Mong sao tôi được hạnh phúc
Mong sao mọi loài được an vui
Mong sao mọi loài được hạnh phúc.


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