Get reason(concentration meditation training)

When we have a completed reason we must make a firm decision to enter the path.Once this decision has been made there are 5 basic principles which should be adhered to. These principles should be seen as common, ordinary, nothing special and should be adhered to naturally and quietly;1, Don’t kill2, Don’t steal3, Don’t have bad relationships (sexual or otherwise)4, Don’t boast, lie or spurt out big meaningless words5, Don’t drink (this includes the multitude of modern day narcotics)The last principle is important because when under the influence of booze or happy pills, people are much more likely to break numbers 1-4.Keeping to these rules will help the trainee overcome his afflictions and reach Samadhi. By taking these rules the trainee can receive the Buddhist teaching he desires. If he doesn’t take these rules, the lessons cannot be absorbed by the trainee in the manner the teacher intended, much like trying to dye a coffee stained shirt; if you take a white shirt with a big coffee stain on the front and try to dye it pink, after dying, the coffee stain is still very prominent, the dying process has not reduced the stain at all, in the same way, a trainee who meditates for hours on end and diligently reads through the scriptures by day but then by night goes out killing, stealing, cheating on his wife whilst boasting in an ecstasy enhanced drunken stupor will more than likely find his path to be an uphill struggle. The trainee of Zen should seek teachings in a clean white shirt, it may not be starched, but there are no coffee stains either.