If we have ambitions—even if our aim is enlightenment—then there is no meditation, because we are thinking about it, craving it, fantasizing, imagining things. That is not meditation. This is why an important characteristic of shamatha meditation is to let go of any goal and simply sit for the sake of sitting. We breathe in and out, and we just watch that. Nothing else.
- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, "Do Nothing" |
Pages
- Obstacles & Resistance - Ezra Bayda
- Hard Times, Simple Times - Norman Fischer
- Don't Waste Time - Lee Register
- "You Are Buddha" - Norm Randolph
- Genjo Koan
- Sacred texts - Zen Poems
- Fukanzazengi
- Other Fun Stuff
- Ken Jones - A Primer
- Good Talks
- Chapters from Karen Maizen MIller
- Rain and the Rhinoceros - Thomas Merton
- True Happiness - Thich Nhat Hanh
- Am i not among the early risers? Mary Oliver
- Maintaining A Steady Practice - Pat Enkyo O'Hara
- Just Sitting, Going Nowhere - Lewis Richmond
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Ambition
Nothing Else