The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present, nothing-but-in-the-present, to bear this mindfulness of now into each event of ordinary life.


Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982 (ed. Shambhala Publications, 1998) - ISBN: 9780834828797

Peter Matthiessen Quotes

The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present,...

The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present,...

The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present,...

The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present,...