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**Nutpoode** · 08-24-2011, 09:03 AM

Reading or listening to the teachings can put one in a meditative state. It happens to me regularly. Focus, reflection, absorption, even rapture, sometimes. I don't think all progress is made only when one is sitting cross-legged. I'm not convinced that that's the only way to sila, samadhi and panna.

I can tell about this experience when I first started with the Pali teachings. Sometimes the peaceful contemplation of the message of a Pali Sutta is enough. Agree.

08-24-2011, 09:03 AM	#10
Nutpoode Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 469 Senior Member	Reading or listening to the teachings can put one in a meditative state. It happens to me regularly. Focus, reflection, absorption, even rapture, sometimes. I don't think all progress is made only when one is sitting cross-legged. I'm not convinced that that's the only way to sila, samadhi and panna. I can tell about this experience when I first started with the Pali teachings. Sometimes the peaceful contemplation of the message of a Pali Sutta is enough. Agree.
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