With the complexity of the world people are being busy with many duties hence many of busy persons suffering from Stress. Meditation is powerful tool, which can be provided relief from stress to many people, belonging to diverse social segments.

1. Finding a Right Place to Practice Meditation to have the Relief from Stress
Ven. Sangabopura Akhila
Bachelor of Arts (Special) Degree
Fourth Year
Department of Buddhist Culture
Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.

2. Finding a Right Place to Practice Meditation to have the Relief from Stress.

3. Showing interrelationship between Meditation and stress, and Right place to Breathing Meditation.

4. 1. Introduction
2. Meditation and Stress
3. Suitable Places for Meditate
4. Unsuitable Places for Meditate
5. Right Posture
6. Method of Breathing meditation.
7. The Eight Steps of Mediation.
8. Mediation with Moderation.
9. Conclusion
10. Sources

5. With the complexity of world people are being busy with many
duties hence many of busy persons suffering from Stress. Meditation
is powerful tool, which can be provided relief from stress to many
people, belonging to diverse social segments.

6. The act of giving attention to
only one thing, either as a
religious activity or as a way
of becoming calm and
relaxed.
Meditation
Stress is the physical, mental and
emotional human response to a
particular stimulus, otherwise called
as ‘stressor’. It is the
adaption/coping-response that helps
the body to prepare for challenging
situations. Stress can be either
negative or positive, depending on
the stressor.
Stress

7. Under a Tree - Rukkhamulagatova
In the Forest - Araññagato
In a Empty Place - Suññagaragato

8. • Place of Lack of Oxygen.
• Place of High Temper.
• Place of High Cold.
• Place of Mosquito.
• Place of Venomous Serpents
• Place of Complexity.

10. "Sits down, bends in his legs
crosswise on his lap, keeps is
body erect, and arouses
mindfulness in the object of
meditation, namely
Nisidati pannakan abhujitva ujum
kayam panidhaya parimukham
satim upatthapetva so satova
assasati sato passasati

14. Relax – Having
chosen correct
posture, spend
some time on
conscious
relaxation while
breathing
through nose.
Observe any
tension in body
and let go of it.
Count breaths to guide
first efforts - This optional
step is especially helpful for
beginners, as it helps
prevent mind from
wandering. Maintain focus
on the point of breathing
have chosen, such as the
tip of your nose. Count the
breaths as follows: 1
(inhale), 1 (exhale), then 2
(inhale), 2 (exhale), and so
on up to 10. Then restart the
count.

15. Breath in and out mindfully
Understanding breath in long .
Understanding breath out in long.
Understanding breath in short.
Understanding breath out in short.
Breathe in calming bodily fabrication.
Breathe out calming bodily fabrication.‘
Breathe in releasing the mind.
Breathe out releasing the mind.

16. 1. Counting (ganana)
2. Following (anubandhana)
3. Contact (phusana)
4. Fixing (thapana)
5. Observing (sallakkhana)
6. Turning gaway (vivattana)
7. Purification (parisuddhi)
8. Retrospection (patipassana)

18. Frustration or stress is the major illness in present context. As a
example 3 of 4 people are suffering from stress in USA because of
many reasons. Breathing meditation can be applied as powerful
weapon to relief from stress.

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