The Myth of The Tibetan Monks and Yogis Meditation

Tibetan meditation is called “lhagthong.” The term "lhag" means "higher", "superior", "greater"; the term "thong" is "view" or "to see", hence together, lhagthong is taken to mean "superior seeing", "great vision" or "supreme wisdom." This may be interpreted as a "superior manner of seeing", and also as "seeing that which is the essential nature". Its nature is a lucidity — a clarity of mind.

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The Tibetan Tibetan monks and Yogis meditate for hours upon hours each week. Their devotion to their religious traditions makes them experts in the practice of meditation. The Meditation and mindfulness induce a heightened state of awareness and focused attention.

Meditation and mindfulness induce a heightened state of awareness and focused attention. Most monks wake up early and meditate for 1 to 3 hours and do the same at night. This kind of practice changes the brain.

Advanced Tibetan Buddhist monks are trained to remember complex images as a way to clear their minds and achieve new levels of awareness. According to an article published in the Washington Post, “An experienced monk can visualize the details of as many as 700 deities used in meditation. 

Sometimes they would visualize the deity close up, sometimes from far away and some experienced meditators can keep a mental image in their minds for minutes and even days." 

Some psychologists say this is impossible. Their research shows that subjects can only mental images in seconds.

When asked about the techniques to rid oneself of desire and attachment, a Tibetan monk said, “The lamas taught us to stare at a statue of the Lord Buddha and absorb the details of the object the color, the posture, and so on, reflecting back all we knew of their teachings. 

Slowly you go deeper; you visualize the hand, the leg, and the Vajra in his hand, closing your eyes and trying to travel inward. The more you concentrate on a deity, the more you are diverted from worldly thoughts.

Some monks have reportedly mastered a form of meditation known as "lunggom"---meaning "walking on air"---which allows the monks to project themselves and travel around the countryside without leaving the monastery. 

One monk told a National Geographic writer who asked him to demonstrate, "Unfortunately, it takes much time to learn the theoretical aspects of lunggom before one can put it into practice so I'm afraid that we will just have to walk normally."

The Dalai Lama said, "The very purpose of meditation is to disciple the mind and reduce afflictive emotions." Some nuns meditate while pouring seeds into a plate, brushing them off and collecting them and then repeating the process over and over again.

What kind of meditation do Tibetan monks do and what are the types of meditation?

• Mindfulness meditation. 
• Spiritual meditation. 
• Focused meditation. 
• Movement meditation. 
• Mantra meditation. 
• Transcendental Meditation. 
• Progressive relaxation. •
• Loving-kindness meditation.

In Tibetan Buddhism, the central defining form of Vajrayana meditation is Deity Yoga (devatayoga). This involves the recitation of mantras, prayers and visualization of the yidam or deities (usually the form of a Buddha or a Bodhisattva) along with the associated mandala of the deity's Pure Land.

Advanced Deity Yoga involves imagining yourself as the deity. Other forms of Tibetan Buddhist meditation include the Mahamudra and Dzogchen teachings, taught by the Kagyu and Nyingma schools respectively.

The goal of these is to familiarize oneself with the ultimate nature of mind which underlies all existence, the Dharmakaya. There are also other practices such as Dream Yoga, Tummo, the yoga of the intermediate state (at death) or Bardo, sexual yoga and Chod. The shared preliminary practices of Tibetan Buddhism are called ngondro, which involves visualization, mantra recitation, and many prostrations.

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