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oyance in your own mind, it’s not your place to judge others. You will never attain wisdom by watching others. Just be mindful of your own intentions behind the thoughts, speech and actions you instigate. Read your experiences. Know them and let them go.</li><li>When the mind runs off in meditation, stop, <i>gently</i> pull it back and re-focus on your breathing. The same when you make any mistake. Stop, come back and re-establish yourself.</li><li>This is all we can do: we keep practicing, trying to improve and develop our understanding and wisdom.</li></ul><p id="e775">May this teaching lead you to happiness; may it help you grow in truth. May you be freed from the suffering of birth and death.</p><figure id="417f"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*7KL_ZX_WRCC5Bg1g.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="c1d7">You may also like these Dharma articles:</p><div id="658e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-way-out-of-suffering-5b43d545910d"> <div> <div> <h2>The Way Out of Suffering.</h2> <div><h3>how the practice of mindfulness can stop us spinning around in samsara and achieve wisdom, peace and harmony…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*EObLo1YnDQSjMVVr)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="3c3d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-actualise-bodhicitta-awakening-mind-every-day-60172a0e1dbc"> <div> <div> <h2>How To Actualise Bodhicitta (Awakening Mind) Every Day.</h2> <div><h3>and why we should want to put others’ happiness above our own…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https:/

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Meditation.

you are the business of your meditation; to understand your own reality is the goal…

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This is why it’s such a difficult practice to master. Our ego doesn’t want us poking around, snooping behind the scenes to find out what it’s up to. Of course, it’s usually leading us astray. If it was doing positive things for the good of our mental wellbeing it wouldn’t constantly put up such a fight. This is why we must be vigilant, watching the mind at all times using sati and sampajanna — recollection and self-awareness.

“Just keep breathing in and out… don’t be interested in anything else… Don’t take up anything else. There’s no need to think about gaining things. Don’t take up anything at all. Simply know the in- breath and the out-breath.”

— Ajahn Chah

  • Set your intention saying: “Now I am going to pacify my mind.”
  • Follow the mind at all times using sati and sampajanna. Only by examining your own mind can you really understand what the Buddha talked about. No need to go searching outside yourself. Eventually you must return to face your own true nature. Here is where you can understand the Dhamma.
  • We think the mind can’t be still, it runs off all over the place, but that’s not the point. We don’t have to make it stop. We need to be aware of the movement of the sensations and mental impressions which arise because this is where we can reach understanding.
  • Our hindrances are the things we must study, even the mind running off during meditation. If you are annoyed, watch the annoyance in your own mind, it’s not your place to judge others. You will never attain wisdom by watching others. Just be mindful of your own intentions behind the thoughts, speech and actions you instigate. Read your experiences. Know them and let them go.
  • When the mind runs off in meditation, stop, gently pull it back and re-focus on your breathing. The same when you make any mistake. Stop, come back and re-establish yourself.
  • This is all we can do: we keep practicing, trying to improve and develop our understanding and wisdom.

May this teaching lead you to happiness; may it help you grow in truth. May you be freed from the suffering of birth and death.

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