Summary: Walking meditation is the topic of this episode. If you do sitting meditation for about an hour, you know that the legs get stiff. In order to continue your meditation practice, you need to learn to do walking meditation. It allows us to extend our mindfulness practice for many hours. Walking meditation is taught both in the Zen and Vipassana movements. In the Zen tradition this walking meditation is called Kinhin. I want to spend the next few minutes teaching you how to do walking meditation within the insight meditation tradition. Text: "Bhikkhus, there are these five benefits of walking meditation. What five? One becomes capable of journeys; one becomes capable of striving; one becomes healthy; what one has eaten, drunk, consumed, and tasted is properly digested; the concentration attained through walking meditation is long lasting. These are the five benefits of walking meditation.” - AN 5.29 Outline: Introduction I. Benefits of Walking Meditation II. Instructions for Walking Meditation III. Some Final Thoughts Conclusion
