Treatise on Sitting Meditation

Originally appeared May 2015

Question: The essence of sitting meditation is the nonproduction of a single thought; trying to stop thought by thought is like washing blood with blood—what should we do?

As abstruse as some of these pieces sound, there are always concrete points of practice that shine through. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t take some real contemplation to find the hidden kernel that is just the point to spur on our practice.

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Treatise on Sitting Meditation
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