Chapter 10 Meditation postures of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism

Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism have traditionally recorded as many as 96 meditation postures, including several sleeping postures and methods.The postures usually used, such as the various sects in Buddhism, the method of practicing meditation, mostly adopts the seven-branch sitting method, which is also called cross-legged sitting for short, and the common name is cross-legged sitting. After the Song Dynasty, the Confucianism-Confucianists, because of the master Cheng Hao (Ming Dao), changed the mind of Buddhism and Taoism to practice meditation, followed the practice of Zen masters to practice meditation, and wrote the article "Qualitative Book", It is the beginning of advocating the cultivation of rationality in "quietness".His younger brother Cheng Yi (Yichuan), the second master, added the "Master's Respect" as a foil. From then on, Confucianism also advocated meditation.But the meditation posture they adopt is the usual upright sitting, the so-called upright sitting.As for Taoism, sometimes it uses the seven-branch sitting and lying postures of Buddhism, and sometimes intersperses many different forms to meet the needs of physiology and the function of refining qi and cultivating pulse.Generally speaking, the meditation postures of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism are not outside of this method.