Meditation is not the construction of something foreign, it is not an effort to attain and then hold on to a particular experience. We may have a secret desire that through meditation we will accumulate a stockpile of magical experiences, or at least a mystical trophy or two, and then we will be able to proudly display them for others to see.


A Heart as Wide as the World (ed. Shambhala Publications, 1999) - ISBN: 9780834824287

Sharon Salzberg Quotes

Meditation is not the construction of something foreign, it is not an effort to attain and then hold on to a particular experience. We may have a...

Meditation is not the construction of something foreign, it is not an effort to attain and then hold on to a particular experience. We may have a...

Meditation is not the construction of something foreign, it is not an effort to attain and then hold on to a particular experience. We may have a...

Meditation is not the construction of something foreign, it is not an effort to attain and then hold on to a particular experience. We may have a...