Mingyur Rinpoche ~ Calming the Mind: The Practice of Awareness Meditation
Lerab Ling・2 minutes read
The text discusses the essence of meditation in calming the mind and addressing issues such as stress, focusing on awareness rather than the absence of thoughts. It emphasizes the importance of wisdom, experience, and understanding in overcoming the monkey mind's exaggerations and transforming perceptions through acceptance and different perspectives.
Insights
- The essence of meditation lies in awareness, not the absence of thoughts or emotions, emphasizing that everyone possesses awareness, love, compassion, wisdom, and clarity.
- Transforming the monkey mind by understanding its exaggerations, accepting oneself, and gaining wisdom through experience in meditation, ultimately giving the monkey mind a job to become its boss and gradually calming and clearing the mind.
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What is the main focus of meditation?
Calming the mind and addressing stress.
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