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backache, when you sit on soft cushions, you will need more strength because your body will tense up more than usual.
Today before we finish, let us spread our loving- kindness. Every day we make merits here. How are we making merits? They come from our practicing vipassana. Merits gained through meditation (bhavanamaya) have a lot of benefits. Why? Because our mind is free from defilements or it is a resplendent mind. This wholesome mind is very meritorious—whatever we wish, whoever we wish to share with—our father, mother, relatives, siblings—they will receive. It is said that—if we wish our father, mother, and siblings to receive merits, we should practice samadha (tranquility) and vipassana (insight) meditation.
Therefore, now that we have practiced here for three days and our mind is currently calm and currently good, we should spread our loving- kindness. We should focus and resolve to spread loving-kindness to our benefactors. If anyone feel that their mind lack strength, or weak and void, then try to recall the merit that we have made. Think about the happiness and good feelings that we had (Translator’s note: From making merits)—and fill those feelings into our physical body, into our mind, until the mind is full. Then we can spread this happiness to others—our mind must be happy.