Friday, August 12, 2011

Meditation: Cultivating Attention « Unfettered Mind

Meditation: Cultivating Attention « Unfettered Mind:

"nyam-len means to bring something into experience;

gompa means to make something a habit, to become familiar with something, to cultivate it;

drub means to construct or build something, so, in the context of practice, to create or effect a certain state, experience or understanding;

tingé-dzin (samadhi) is a state of profound attention; and

nyam-zhak means resting evenly, i.e., the emotional and perceptual confusion in the mind/heart has subsided completely."