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When are we going to cut the stream of defilements when we practice only according to our whims like that
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Whatever we do, we should see ourselves. Reading books doesn”t ever give rise to anything. The days pass by, but we don”t see ourselves. Knowing about practice is practicing in order to know. 70
Of course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this - just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try
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Merely thinking about practice is like pouncing on the shadow and missing the substance.
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When I had been practicing for only a few years, I still could not trust myself. But after I had experienced much, I learned to trust my own heart. When you have this deep understanding, whatever happens, you can let it happen, and everything will just rise and pass away. You will reach a point where the heart tells itself what to do.
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In meditation practice, it is actually worse to be caught in calmness than to be stuck in agitation, because at least you will want to escape from agitation, whereas you are content to remain in calmness and not go any further. When blissful clear states arise from insight meditation practice, do not cling to them.
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Meditation is just about the mind and the feelings. It”s not something you have to run after or to struggle for. Breathing continues while working. Nature takes care of the natural processes. All we have to do is try to be aware, going inwards to see clearly. Meditation is like this.
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Not practicing rightly is being heedless. Being heedless is like being dead. Ask yourself if you will have time to practice when you die. Constantly ask yourself, "When will I die
" If we contemplate in this way, our mind will be alert every second, heedfulness will always be present, and mindfulness will automatically follow. Wisdom will arise, seeing all things as they really are very clearly. Mindfulness guards the mind so that it knows when sensations arise at all times, day and night. To have mindfulness is to be composed. To be composed is to be heedful. If one is heedful, then one is practicing rightly.
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The basics in our practice should be: first, to be honest and upright; second, to be wary of wrongdoing; and third, to be humble within one”s heart, to be aloof and content with little. If we are content with little in regards to speech and in all other things, we will see ourselves, we won”t be distracted. The mind will have a foundation of virtue, concentration, and wisdom.
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At first you hurry to go forward, hurry to come back, and hurry to stop. You continue to practice like this until you reach the point where it seems that going forward is not it, coming back is not it, and stopping is not it either! It”s finished. There”s no stopping, no going forward and no coming back. It is finished. Right there you will find that there is really nothing at all.
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Remember you don”t meditate to "get" anything, but to get "rid" of things. We do it not with desire but with letting go. If you "want" anything, you won”t find it.
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The heart of the path is quite easy. There”s no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That”s all that I do in my own practice.
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Asking the wrong questions shows that you are still caught in doubting. Talking about practice is all right, if it helps contemplation. But it”s up to you yourself to see the Truth.
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We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
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If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.
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Someone recently asked me, " As we meditate and various things arise in the mind, …
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