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

问28：尊者，您能说一下合适的坐姿吗？

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.

有三种盘坐姿势：第一种两脚心向上象佛像那样坐；第二种是两小腿平行(放于地上)或者重迭，第三种是象缅甸女性那样，屈膝之后(两小腿)放在下面，这叫作addha-pallanka(半盘坐)。任何一种都可以。对女性，她们可以按他们喜欢的方式坐，在公共场合例外。要点是要能坐得长久，这样定力有机会生起和增长，最终导致观智。