The Buddha talked about trishna – thirst or hankering and he put it so simply as one of the 4 noble truths, the second being “Suffering arises from attachment to desires”. Krishna talks about Desires in the Gita and says they are insatiable; the more one feeds them, the more they arise. Undeniably, getting rid [...]
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What do you gain from meditation?
Posted in Meditation, tagged benefits, Buddha, Meditation on April 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pointing back to a post from the past “Gains from Meditation“, worth reproducing in entirety here: Eknath Easwaran, writes in “The Dhammapada” about a conversation on Meditation: Someone once asked the Buddha skeptically, “What have you gained through meditation?” The Buddha replied, “Nothing at all.” “Then, Blessed One, what good is it?” “Let me tell [...]
Gains from Meditation
Posted in Meditation, tagged Buddha, Meditation on February 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Eknath Easwaran, writes in “The Dhammapada” about a conversation on Meditation: Someone once asked the Buddha skeptically, “What have you gained through meditation?” The Buddha replied, “Nothing at all.” “Then, Blessed One, what good is it?” “Let me tell you what I lost through meditation: sickness, anger, depression, insecurity, the burden of old age, the [...]
