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Sep 7, 2026 · 5 min · 5 segments
In Sthiranaga's exploration of this section of Canto 103, he provides some practical techniques to help keep us from becoming estranged from our…
So even Padmasambhava's phrase, without doing anything, makes me feel a little queasy.
But I've learned that if I put more effort into creating the right conditions, creating space, reconnecting with that sense of tranquility, deeper understandings have emerged and positive outcomes arise.
But I still have to resist grappling with specific Dharma ideas, trying to understand them as well as being busy doing rather than just being.
One of the most significant antidotes to my inquisitive, questioning and over busy mind is, of course, meditation.
And it's this that Pama Sambhava turns to next when he says, again and yet again, work on whatever estranges you from meditation.
So from one perspective, that's really straightforward.
Meditation is important.
It's a direct way of working on the mind.
Therefore, quite simply, we need to do it.
And I'm going to spend a little bit of time sharing some of the simple approaches that have helped me keep up a daily practice for most of the years since I first learned meditation here at Padmaloka.
So even Padmasambhava's phrase, without doing anything, makes me feel a little queasy.
But I've learned that if I put more effort into creating the right conditions, creating space, reconnecting with that sense of tranquility, deeper understandings have emerged and positive outcomes arise.
But I still have to resist grappling with specific Dharma ideas, trying to understand them as well as being busy doing rather than just being.
One of the most significant antidotes to my inquisitive, questioning and over busy mind is, of course, meditation.
And it's this that Pama Sambhava turns to next when he says, again and yet again, work on whatever estranges you from meditation.
So from one perspective, that's really straightforward.
Meditation is important.
It's a direct way of working on the mind.
Therefore, quite simply, we need to do it.
And I'm going to spend a little bit of time sharing some of the simple approaches that have helped me keep up a daily practice for most of the years since I first learned meditation here at Padmaloka.
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