問28：尊者，您能說一下合適的坐姿嗎？

Q28: Venerable Sir, can you mention suitable postures of sitting?

問28：尊者，您能說一下合適的坐姿嗎？

There are three postures of cross-legged sitting: the firstis the sitting withboth solesfacing up like a Buddha statue does; the second is with one』s calves kept parallel, or on each other; and the third is the way Myanmar women do with their knees folded underneath, which is called addha-pallanka(halfcross-legged sitting).Any one is suitable.For women,they can sit the waythey like,unless in public. The point is to be able to sit for a long time, so that concentration will get chance to take place, develop eventually resulting in insight knowledge.

有三種盤坐姿勢：第一種兩腳心向上象佛像那樣坐；第二種是兩小腿平行(放于地上)或者重疊，第三種是象緬甸女性那樣，屈膝之後(兩小腿)放在下面，這叫作addha-pallanka(半盤坐)。任何一種都可以。對女性，她們可以按他們喜歡的方式坐，在公共場合例外。要點是要能坐得長久，這樣定力有機會生起和增長，最終導致觀智。