Mon, 28 Sep 2009
Thoughts and Mahamudra
Back to Ganges Mahamudra. We're in a set of examples describing the practice of mahamudra. The next example explains how the practitioner deals with thoughts that arise during meditation:
For example, [when] vapors from the earth or clouds disperse into space, they have gone nowhere and yet do not remain anywhere. So it is with the multitude of thoughts that arise from the mind: by seeing the mind itself, the waves of thoughts dissipate.
One deals with thoughts simply by being aware of them. There is no need to repress or remove them. Thoughts are like them morning mist and awareness is like the sun, which makes the mist evaporate. If thoughts persist, one's awareness is not strong enough. And the solution for this is simply more practice of awareness. So the practice of mahmudra is relaxed, free, and easy, without forcefulness, but also without falling into unawareness,
