What is the benefit of Buddhist meditation?
Q: What sort of benefit can be gained by practising meditation? (Elizabeth. East Sussex Retreat) A: You can realise your mind and body processes as they really are through this mindfulness meditation. Is it important to know the reality? Q: What will happen to me by understanding these mind – body processes? (Elizabeth, East Sussex Retreat) A: As a result, you can get rid of wrong view or false view of a soul, a self, a person or an individuality etc. Because of this wrong view, we are attached to ourselves, our family, our relatives, our properties. As long as we have attachment to ourselves we are sure to experience many kinds of suffering such as sorrow, worry, mental and physical diseases when we come across the loss of something in our life. Those who practise this mindfulness meditation can be free from such suffering because they have already realised the nature of mind-body process. When our concentration and mindfulness gain momentum the ignorance, wrong view, and attachment c
