Question: Excuse me , Buddhism is about the eighth consciousness of Alaya. Answer: Eighth knowledge of Araiye knows this kind of question. When I answer it, I have a little panic. Because I’m not a bodhisattva, I don’t see the flowers clearly in the mist for Alaya. But since I asked, I will speak in my own understanding. (So ​​it is not guaranteed to be absolutely correct, for reference only) The Dharma says that Alaya knowledge can be hidden, hidden, and held together. Can hide, hide, refers to “can know, know.” Hidden possession refers to the attachment of “capable” to “me, mine”. So from this perspective, Araiye consciousness is the so-called “awareness”. Because all knowledge, knowledge, and persistence, all evolve in the realm of awareness. That is to say, this world is transformed from this “awareness” into this body, mind, state, world, and so on. Therefore, 7 consciousness and 5 consciousness are changed from 8 consciousness. The so-called Three Realms are all realizations of awareness. So, where does this eighth consciousness come from? It is the original consciousness, the original…

Q: The landlord pays attention to Theravada Answer: There is nothing wrong with practicing theravada. The Buddha said in the Buddhist Sutra that three times is one. Regardless of Mahayana and Mahayana, the destination is the same. The Buddha said that Theravada Nirvana became a city, which is a place for Buddha to rest on the way to Baosuo Road, which is convenient for pedestrians to rest on the way. Entering this city, you can either further enter the treasure house, or temporarily rest. In other words, Theravada Nirvana is the middle station of the Mahayana Road and the platform of the Mahayana Road. You know, the Mahayana Bodhisattva path is based on the liberation path. Freedom is at the core of the threefold common. From the Mahayana perspective, Arahant is as great as a bodhisattva. It may be possible to disparage Theravada, for the ancestor’s sake, Fanfcemo thought about it. The guilt is immeasurable! !! !! ( Editor’s Note: When practicing according to local conditions, practitioners should sincerely return to all sentient beings. This will plant the seeds of…

Q: What about emptiness and Rulai Tibetan? (Question is missing, make up the meaning) Answer: These are still to be cultivated honestly, to break through the Three Realms, and to prove, it is possible to touch a little side. Don’t guess and think on your own. That’s useless. Rulai Tibetan said in the Yuanjue Scripture, “If a person cultivates the awakening in the place, he knows that it is an empty flower, that is, there is no rotation, and there is no life or death of the mind and body. Those who know the void, that is, the empty flower phase, can not be said to be unconscious, or not, whether it is sacrifice or not, it is called Jingjui Suisun. Why, the void is often fixed, and if there is no cause of destruction in Tibet, Ignorance and seeing the truth, such as the realm of the law, is the perfection of the ten ways, and it is called due to the law of the place. Therefore, in the Mahayana, the bodhisattva has a pure heart, and all beings…

Question: I would like to ask Dade, there are two stages in Wu Wen’s practice, one is that people have no self, and the other is law without self. The Dharma is selfless, that is, empty. Then Is emptiness a unity? Does everyone have a vacancy or does everyone share a vacancy Where is the emptiness, in the person or not? Outside the world or within the world. How to get in and out of air. When the emptiness enters, where does the personal consciousness go, if the personal consciousness still exists, how is it called emptiness. If personal consciousness is non-existent, how do you get yourself into the void? Answer: Mahayana has a deep meaning and I am still in the process of personal exploration. Therefore, I dare not say that I have fully understood Mahayana. Therefore, the following answers are only for personal understanding. They are not guaranteed to be absolutely correct and are for reference only. Is emptiness a unity? Does everyone have a vacancy or does everyone share a vacancy Answer: Voidness refers to the state…

Question: Brother, I have 2 more questions at the end of the school. The last school suddenly remembered that there was a person named Miu Zen before the first meditation. Did your brother understand it? Can you tell me about it? There is a state in the meditation called Inner Touch Mya, what is it like? Answer: Future Zen is the so-called desire definition. I said in my previous post that I wanted to define. You can refer. The inner pleasure is the pleasure that comes from meditation. The first Zen is weak, and the third Zen is the strongest. No more than 4 Zen. If you ask how this kind of music is, it is probably described as comfortable, from inside to outside and even outside the body. But this kind of music is generated by the energy of meditation. If the interior scene of meditation is dark, it can be said that the basic pleasure will not be too obvious. Only when the energy is concentrated to a certain degree, light will come out, and pleasure will come…

Question: Brother, I have two recent problems at the end of school. Please enlighten me! Leg pain: Do leg pains occur before Sanzen? Does n’t it mean that when you enter the first jhana, you only have to accept it, how can there be pain? Occasionally I had a thought before meditating a few days ago. It would be good if I could go to the Three Zens (I have n’t used the Sanzen a few times before). As a result, I found that my legs were gone after sitting for a few breaths. The body also disappeared, and I could n’t think of where my legs and body were, but this situation only lasted for about 5 minutes, and I have n’t entered 3 Zen these days. What ’s going on? what? Also ask your brother to answer! Thank you! Answer: 1. If you go to meditation, you should not have leg pain. Because meditation does not correspond to suffering. However, some people are unsure, that is, meditation is unstable. In one fell swoop, the meditation is in the…

Question: Brother Five. Hello, I usually think about it when I meditate, because I ca n’t pay attention to the movement of my breath or lower abdomen. I ca n’t enter the state of silence when I pay attention. (I have also asked you this question before. This should be okay), but I seem to hear a saying that this method of letting go of thoughts will become accustomed to imagination after a long time, which is wrong, but I think my method of letting go of thoughts and listening to sound The purpose achieved by the camera should be the same. Isn’t it all for distracting me? I do n’t understand why I said this method is wrong? Please give pointers Answer: Let your thoughts go quiet, this method is no problem. This way of course, of course, you don’t need to manage breathing and so on. Everything is empty. In this way, repairs are generally not inconceivable. Don’t worry more. “Empty” has many meanings in Buddhism. In Prajna, the Meso-Kan are known as empty sects. Take the empty…

Q: Ask the teacher how to enlighten? Benefits to all beings, thank you. Answer: To be enlightened is to cultivate wisdom. First of all, why do we need to cultivate wisdom when we open up the case? It is to achieve the goal of learning buddhism. Such as solving escape, seeking enlightenment and so on. Second, understand what is wisdom. Hui is for the “fan”. In other words, the so-called Xiuhui is to remove confusion. One point of confusion is a point of wisdom. Therefore, Xiu Hui does not gain new insights or new things, but removes any confusion. Therefore, Xiu Hui is based on “mind without gain, practice without gain, and proof without gain”. That’s the point. Then, look at Xiu Hui’s deconstruction. The so-called Xiuhui is to remove confusion. There are many kinds of confusion, many levels, many types. In general, it can be divided into seeing and thinking. From the perspective of confusion (mind, acceptance, law, body), it is divided into upside-down confusion of constant, music, me, and net. To address these confusions, there is a specific…

Question: I specialize in reciting the Buddha to read Buddhism. I use the method of reciting Buddhism in my daily life to sit, lie, and recite. In the past few years, I have a memory loss and often cannot remember things. As a result, I ca n’t take care of myself personally. I do n’t know if there are any problems. ? How to improve memory? (Question is missing, make up the meaning) Answer: If you want to improve your debate ability, you can go to Yinmingming. Because Ming is the basis of debate. Forgetfulness is caused by your wrong practice. There are two situations that can make people forgetful about the treatment of distractions. One is that when you see that distractions can’t be suppressed, you can’t force the distractions to think, so that you will tend to be imaginative, and you will become imaginative. If you don’t want to become a habit in this way, you can’t think of it naturally, of course, there will be phenomena that you can’t remember. The second is to deliberately forget to…

Q: Many people are entangled in dual-disc and single-disc? What do you think of this problem from an empirical perspective. Thank you. A: From the actual experience, dual disk is better. But whether it is double or single, it can be set. Therefore, if it is best to have two discs, if not, a single disc is also possible. If you can’t do it anymore, loose disks are fine. However, how this leg crosses will affect the form of energy. The energy of the two disks is aggregated, and the energy of the single disk will be scattered, and the scattered disks will be more scattered. This kind of energy is the maggots generated during meditation. The abundance of this kind of energy will affect all aspects of body and mind. For spiritual practice, this energy is the material of spiritual practice. Without it, the body cannot rejoice and light cannot initiate. Qi pulse cannot be unobstructed. No energy. In short, there will be various feelings of weakness. Many people practice spiritually and simply because they cannot accumulate this energy.…

Q: How long did it take you to get the definition? Can you share the experience of Jiuxinzhu? A: First of all, I don’t think there is a so-called “definition”. There must be above the color world. The so-called definition only means that the decision will be made before the decision. It is not settled, but the mind is ready to settle. The so-called nine-minded mind is to adjust the mind to overcome the nine states of disorder. After adjustment, it can be set. This desire to define is just a bit meaningful for beginners. For those who are well-versed in the practice, the stage of near-term fixation is very short, and even a thought can be entered into it. A beginner may not be able to enter for a long time, so he has been exploring in the near-term (definition) stage. This stage shouldn’t be too long, for example, it can’t be set in tens of minutes, you should check whether the modification method is wrong.  Q: Hello, I am a type of meditation and chanting. Can this be…

Question: The landlord still needs to identify carefully, and refer to relevant classics for verification. Extinction must first have three fruits, and the sages of the four fruits can do it. And the saint who has obtained the first fruit has tasted the taste of Nirvana. The landlord asks himself, is there any holy fruit? Moreover, the extinction will not enter naturally. You must take the intention after you want to do something, and then you can enter, and you must determine the cause of the cause before entering. Answer: There are a series of major ills among the modern Buddhist group. I list some typical ones. Guess and study others’ evidence with skepticism. Study Buddhism with a mentality that you cannot cultivate. Use the mantra to “make people”. Use arguments to disprove others to prove that you have a “right view.” Cultivate all kinds of Buddhist things. Endorsement with posts as “fabusi”. On the grounds that the last law is difficult to repair, speculate that it is impossible for others to do it, and to attack the suspect as…

Question: In my opinion, I have n’t seen it clearly. How can I count it? Simply say. . Answer: You know what you mean by yourself. The darkness of foolishness was broken, and the consciousness was revealed, and the legal light was thoroughly seen. . . . (Mo Yiyou meets). . . (Editor’s note: Mingxin seeing sex is a Zen term. It means seeing the nature of one’s own heart. It is also called the true face . And this nature is Nirvana, which is the reality of the legal world. The general Nirvana says: “Good man is Chi phase after dharmadhatu. Diyiyidi, empty the first meaning. therefore, the concept of chi give Shengwen lime. Chile concept, therefore, to have Yuanjue lime. Sophia concept, therefore, to have supreme Lime. ” )  Q: Please ask. . . How do you surrender to the feelings of men and women, I feel this is the most difficult, unlike the others, let it go, it ’s easy to come back A: The previous post has been replied, please refer to it.  Q: The landlord,…

Question: I really want to know how the state like the landlord spends 24 hours a day? Isn’t there a bit of entertainment? Answer: Entertainment = Boring. Nan Huaijin said that the first step in practice is to learn to enjoy loneliness. Ha ha. . . . (Editor’s Note: The need for entertainment is actually annoyance and trouble. Ordinary people do not practice, and their troubles must be satisfied, otherwise they will be restless, even psychologically perverted. But practitioners must look inwardly, maintain vigilance, and keep their minds quiet. .If the mind is not climbing outwards, it means that the mind is pure. If the mind is pure, there is loneliness. If you regard quietness as pleasure, you can enjoy this purity. The so-called clean blessing is also! )

Question: The landlord, will I not be able to come out after the entry? Answer: All the decisions will come out. However, it is generally unlikely that it will exceed 7 days. But extinction is said to last for many thousands of years.  Q: Hello, Bodhisattva. There are several questions I would like to ask at the end of the study: Is it possible to enter the extinction after the four Zens and eight fixes? According to the description of annihilation, Zen enlightenment is quite similar. Is it necessary to enter the annihilation to “enlighten”? Is there any difference between the second Zen and the third Zen in the image? At the end of the meditation period, I only knew that my body and ear were broken, but I did n’t know which meditation. Do the four Zens only help others to see if they have broken their breath? Can I judge for myself? Answer: 1. Extinction must be done with the power of four zens. But when you enter, you do n’t have to go through the fourth meditation.…

Question: In one of my meditation experiences, I didn’t feel the whole body. I was frightened at the time. Was my thought at that time enchanted, so I opened my eyes while thinking of Amitabha in my heart. After a while, my body Only then did I recover. This became a heart attack for my meditation. After almost a year of discontinuation, I can no longer recover my previous state during meditation. I also want to know how I should handle this situation myself. Sometimes, I meditate. It ’s going to be pulled by a huge invisible force. It feels very, very scary. I do n’t know what to do. A: In your case, this is the lack of “prajna”. Too much care for all realms, so that he scared himself. It is recommended to recite the Heart Sutra and understand its meaning. Everything sitting in the mirror is just an illusion. There is a saying “If you don’t blame you, don’t blame yourself.” Nan Huaijin said, “The autumn wind leaves fall into a pile, and they are cleaned up…

Question: The master of the five rounds said that it ’s not clear whether the mind of forbidden desire is always clear in the heart, is it necessary to constantly feel the light and not to produce sperm? In the case of meridians, how do you feel that the person who meditates is not the sun? The spirituality lost by the adultery can be restored to gratitude. Answer: That was my reply in another post. Why are you here? What I said is to breathe in the heart, and to unite the heart and air, so that the air is clean and free from sexual desire. To understand this first, what is mind and what is qi. Then it’s easy to understand. I said that Qi is sleep. Feeling sleep. The heart is knowledge. Put awareness together in mutual photography. There is awareness in awareness, awareness in awareness, and the two do not depart from each other. In this way, Jingqi Shen is stable and prone to sexual desire. This is actually a Taoist practice of Tianyuan Dan. It doesn’t…

Question: The landlord, I want to ask you, what is the most obvious change between the whole person and before you did it? A: The most obvious change is the fearlessness of life and death. (Editor’s note: In fact, after experiencing extinction and testifying to Nirvana, one knows what is going on, and he has no fear of life or death.)  Q: Excuse me, I have just started to practice meditation, and it has been more than 2 months, 0.5 hours a day. I just feel calmer. I still have my own thoughts. How can I improve? !! Answer: 0.5 hours is too little. It takes at least 45 minutes. In addition, self-study should start from the beginning. Attention is fundamental. The following commandments are all auxiliary. By analogy, the heart is the seed, and the cultivation of Dinghui is sunlight and water. Without seeds, sunlight and water cannot bloom and bear fruit. Please refer to the first part of the inferior work “Structured Practice”, how to express your heart.  Q: How to solve the problem that is easy to…

Q: Can patients be treated for painful cancer? A: For practitioners, cancer lesions belong to a huge area of ​​negative energy. It is very difficult to practice to fill and transform this karma. This is a huge obstacle. However, if we can get in the way, cultivate righteousness, and continue to accumulate merits, there may be a turn for the better. If cancer patients want to get a chance on the path of spiritual practice, I feel that they must surpass ordinary people and devote themselves to practice with twelve minutes. It may be possible to overcome cancer.  Question: Brother, as a beginner Zen, please give me a suggestion, what scriptures to read ;-)? Answer: Recite the Heart Sutra. Read the Diamond Sutra. Reading Dinghui Road  Question: The landlord, is there a wise eye to say this, does it really exist? I closed my eyes a few days ago, and I was stunned after a while, but I don’t know how to maintain it. Is this a preliminary reaction? Thank you for your guidance. Answer: Closed-eye sightseeing can make a…

Q: Excuse me, will there be any physical changes? Is the body very good? Answer: People who meditate often will get better. Especially those who sit for a long time from the first meditation to the third meditation have obvious effects on the body. Above four Zens, the effect on the body is gradually not obvious. But the consciousness of the heart is relatively large.  Question: Jie Dinghui, how did the landlord abstain from the four Zens and eight destinies? After gaining He Hui? Answer: The most important thing is to practice indecent assimilation. Otherwise Bai Xiu. All leaks are clean. . . Holding on to immorality is not only behavioral, but also psychological. Heart addiction should be quit. We must give up the distinction between good and bad. Be as empty as your heart. Only in this way can we practice the four meditations. Otherwise, the heart is too entangled, and wanting to practice the four meditations will only be helpless. Hui is based on constant force. Dingli is based on purity. Purity is based on precepts. Correcting the…

Question: Occasionally, you may meditate once every two or three days. The time is not long. About half an hour, sit flat on the ground and follow the seven-seat method. However, after sitting up, there will be discomfort on the lower vertebrae. ? I tried the cushions before but it seems to be unstable. Answer: Seven sitting methods. After sitting, you should lower your body forward and push the tail off. Then stand up straight, support the roots of your legs with your hands, straighten your spine up as far as possible, put your hands back, and relax and meditate gently. you try. The mat should be flat, soft and moderate. Don’t be too hard. It is advisable to sit soft.  Question: In the book, it is recommended to count from 1 to 6-10. Is there any special reason for you to count to 600 or more? . Does the breath you are talking about stop or observe? Answer: Count from 1 to 10, count from 10 to 1, and then set. If you can do it, of course you…

Question: Extinction must be proved by the saints who have more than three fruits. The saints who have three fruits have broken the knot. Will the saints be angry? Answer: There will always be advances and retreats in spiritual practice. Sanguo has not been completely relieved, and his troubles are temporary. When he encounters an adverse cause, he may retire (otherwise, Arahant may retreat. So there is a retreat from Arahant), if he retreats, his worries will recur. rising.  Question : This is the case. Judging from your experience of the “extermination of deceasedness” in the description below, your so-called “extermination of decency” does not meet the description of extinction in the Dharma. Since 2007, I have been working hard on meditation. Various realms and experiences are also very rich. I know the details in it. In recent years, I have also occasionally given lectures in some monasteries to give lectures, and I have also answered questions to some of my brothers. I often encounter some fellow initiates similar to yours. I have gained some experiences myself. Some of these…

Question: I would like to ask the landlord that you have completed the four meditations, the eight meditations, and the extinction meditations, and you have great powers. Hope to teach, what is Buddhism? A: Xiu Xiu supernatural powers and meditation are two going on. The magical power is fixed. If you just practice meditation, you do n’t need magical power, you do n’t necessarily have magical power. Freedom refers specifically to liberation in Buddhism. Buddhism is to teach everyone to practice the sea of ​​misery.  Question: You don’t understand eight touches and ten merits correctly and so on. . Disputes are right or wrong. Defamation of ** mage, etc. (Question is missing, make up the meaning) Answer: I have made it clear. Everyone roots for reasons everyone is wise, since since ancient to have a different understanding and perception of Buddhist scriptures, so there is the Buddhist sectarian divide things. Scholars should not take part in such struggles that advertise themselves as correct. They should take what they need and be able to help themselves towards liberation. Correct and not,…

Question: Is there light in your meditation? (Question is missing, make up the meaning) A: First of all, there is not necessarily a bright aspect to the meditation of the color world. Now only the Pao Zen system makes this request in particular. The so-called meditation of the light meditation is required to enter the meditation. The reason is that the so-called “must be bounded by the color boundary, is the color boundary Zen.” It seems very reasonable, but the fact This is not necessarily the case. For example, to cultivate the concept of compassion, you can go to the Three Zens, and the cause is compassion. For example, you can go to the early meditation when you practice the four realms of separation. The four realms of separation are the grounds for repairing water, fire, and wind. The grounds are dynamic, rigid, wet, and hot, and there is nothing bright. Here in the Beichuan area, those who practice meditation according to meditation are purely meditative, and can also breathe into the four meditations, but there may not be light.…

Question: I can’t do it at all. I feel suffocated, and I feel uncomfortable. Is it right to enter the birth rate? Is it to enter the Four Zen Settlements slowly or directly? Also I feel that the fetal nose and mouth are also in and out of air, but it is very slow. Breathing is initiated by the lower abdomen, not by the chest, right? Answer: If you have the attachment to breathing , the breathing will never break . (Perseverance is purely conceptual, when you let go of your ideas, you will pass this level.) However, if you hold your breath now, you have to cut off continuously, which means that you have the ability to enter the four meditations, but you are just obsessed with breathing. At this time, we must first believe that if we do not breathe during meditation, we will not die, and we must intentionally try not to breathe for a long time (the concept of emptying our breath at the same time). Then there is a convenience. At this time, the heart…

Question: Do you want to practice the Dharma in Taoism? A: Taoism is not the same as Dharma at the beginning. Taoism emphasizes the cultivation of immortality, solidifies the spirit of vitality, the so-called Xiu Dan, in order to find out the shell of the god, soar the shell and fly, so-called immortality. The Buddhism emphasizes that if you do n’t cultivate, you will suffer and have no self. You will stay away from the illusions of the Three Realms, and you will be free from the fire house. In the later period, Taoism merged with the Buddhism, emphasizing that refining the gods is still futile, and refining the renunciation of virility. It has a similar meaning to liberation. It seems to me that the Taoism had a centrifugation only when the refining of God was still deficient. As for how to choose and integrate, it depends on everyone’s wisdom.   Q: Ask! I recently entered the Fourth Zen to raise the birth rate. My feeling is that the breath is not completely gone, but it is very subtle, that…

Question: Hi fellow initiates, may I complete the completion of the four Zens, eight dynasties, and dyings. Can the midline and the seventh round get through? At what stage is Tianyan appearing? Answer: The Hindus do not talk about Qi Mai and the Seven Rounds. Only Tibetan secrets said. Qi pulse and the seven rounds are completely wisdom and dedication in Tibet. Once you get through, you will be wise and stable, and you can make good use of it now. (I.e. being a Buddha) In the case of Hinduism, after completing the ninth set, it may not necessarily open up the midline and the seventh round. Nor does it necessarily work. Eyes and bodies are related to each person’s relationship, and they do not necessarily appear at a fixed stage. Those who do not have meditation and have these supernatural powers also. In general, Jiuding can be reached. It may not work. After finishing the nine times, there is not necessarily a magical power. So there is no necessary connection.  Question: After completing nine meditations, you may not be…

Q: Well, how can I coach me to get started? I now recite the Heart Sutra and copy the Sangha Sutra every day. I started to learn because I had a psychological desire and I always believed in Buddha. Now slowly I feel that everything is natural and I want to study it carefully. But I don’t know where to start to avoid detours. Thank you ~ A: Start with your heart. First, the heart of practice. In this world, everything is created, no cause and effect. There must be cause and effect in the practice of spiritual practice. Therefore, the main point of spiritual practice is to clearly create the cause and effect of “cultivation.” The first step is to be motivated. Without motivation, there is no motivation to practice. In terms of the structure of the heart, there are reasons, motivations, goals, actions, and actions. And the mind will continue to repeat these steps along with the practice, constantly and firmly. Reason: Different people learn Buddhism for different reasons. There are differences between being tired of the world,…

Q: ye repair , ah, you coach yet Answer: Now I am a teacher. But I didn’t visit the teacher before repairing these. All self-study.  Question: Does n’t it mean that you have to call on the master to practice meditation, would it be wrong to practice alone, would you be unsure when you practice? Answer: As long as you are willing to practice the Dharma by centrifugation, you will not go astray without seeking supernatural powers and weirdness. When I practiced, it took me 1 week to break my breath, and from that time I started to meditate. No difficulties were encountered.  Q: Are you settled? I think this is critical Answer: Of course. Do you still have to ask?  Question: The landlord, have your breath and pulse stopped completely? Answer: The breathing is stopped at the Four Zen. The pulse is stopped by the heart. The heart stops, it’s about to die. I did it all.  Q: Hello, I mean, are the breathing and pulse stopped completely? Answer: Yes. But at the time of extinction, it was unknown.…

When I first posted this post, I saw someone in this group posting “I’m enlightened, and everyone can ask questions.” Immediately posted this post to imitate it, creating a new one, although fearing that everyone would not believe it and denigrating it, but in order to establish a culture of substantiation, it hit the general atmosphere of inexperience on the Internet, and sent this post under impulse. Over the past few years, although there have been troublemakers, arguers, and skeptics, there have also been practitioners of real cultivation who have posted questions and feedback on progress. Some people also gave me feedback on the progress and gains of the practice. Thanks to these fellows, it makes me feel that my posting is still a little bit worth.

By calling a number of brothers , since they experience after the meditation amending the law , I think of great benefit to physical and mental health , altruistic spirit , hope that more people have access meditation , and practice to get pleasure , to invite my will before Sort out books for online meditation . So I put together this collection 2 013 Nian – 2017 posts in meditation Q & watercress network , re-edited , makeup part I feel the need to more clearly explain the contents of the hope of the majority of the actual practices meditation and Dharma practitioners Be inspired . In addition , as a Buddhist empirical school , I own is from dubious , according to the classic self- self-taught witness the beginning , later although the master recognized previously repair the card, but after all, there is no system studied Buddhist teachings, answering the question based on their actual practices It is inevitable that there will be omissions or errors in the answers provided by your experience and understanding of the…