What is meditation? Is it to escape from the noise of the world? To have a silent mind, a quiet mind, a peaceful mind? And you practise systems, methods, to become aware, to keep your thoughts under control. You sit cross-legged and repeat some mantra. I am told that the etymological meaning of that word ‘mantra’ is ‘ponder over not-becoming’.
冥想是什么?是逃避俗世的喧嚣吗?是拥有一颗安宁、寂静、平和的心吗?你修习各种体系、各种方法,希望变得觉知,希望控制你的思想。你盘腿坐下,反复诵念某些曼陀罗。有人告诉我“曼陀罗”这个词在语源上的意思是“深入思考‘不成为’”。