What I've Been Reading

What is nirvana? 

Seeing one thing through to the end. 

Sit Like a Buddha: A Pocket Guide to Meditation by Lodro Rinzler. This little book can change lives; one of the simplest and practical book on meditation ever. I will treasuring this one for life.

In some sense, all seven qualities of being a dharmic person could be summarized by that term: just be kind, decent human being as a result of the fact that you are more mindful and aware than you might have been if you were not meditating. If you are able to do that then the teachings of Buddha - the dharma - are no longer something that is way out there and separate from you and your life. They are part of your being. When you feel that you view the world though the lens of meditation, exhibiting these basic qualities, then you know you are a dharmic person. You have allowed the meditation practice to change you, not into a different person, but into realizing more of who you already are. 

The simplest trick to turn meditation into a daily routine is:

"Keep Sitting!"