Josh Korda asks: why would someone who exercises choose not to meditate? Good question!
Photo by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis.Sharon Salzberg, Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, and Gaylon Ferguson examine the central role of meditation in Western Buddhism and explore how other practices, such as study and ritual, may or may not be necessary. With introduction by Norman Fischer.
The teachers are asked “If meditation is ultimately about mind seeing its own true nature, how are we to understand the mind that meditates?”
Photo courtesy of Shambhala Archives.
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