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> Very similar to meditation. The best meditation advice I got was to just sit down, focus on doing nothing and be OK with being bored. Similarly, no matter ho
by mtalantikite 3y ago
> Very similar to meditation. The best meditation advice I got was to just sit down, focus on doing nothing and be OK with being bored.
Similarly, no matter how much instruction I've gotten in meditation over the years, I still go back to Tilopa's advice all the time [1]. Just rest.
[1] https://unfetteredmind.org/tilopas-advice/ https://unfetteredmind.org/tilopas-advice/
- rramadass 3y agoNice! In case you didn't know of them already, you might find the following books interesting; 1) Mind Training: The Great Collection translated by Thupten Jinpa. 2) Essential Mind Training translated by Thupten Jinpa - This is a subset from the above collection.
- somsak2 3y agocan't tell if this is satire or not
- rramadass 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojong
- mtalantikite 3y agoOh awesome! I have Atisha's lojong, and also Chogyam Trungpa's mind training (which is more of a commentary), but these look great. I'll definitely pick it up, thanks again!