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Meditation is a process of coming to know your own mind. A way of understanding and working with your mind, and being with your mind so you get the best out of it.

The essence of shamatha, the first of the basic meditation practices, is non-distraction. Shamatha involves allowing the mind to settle into a state of calm abiding. It is the antidote to distraction, the root of ignorance.

The ultimate purpose of meditation “is to awaken in us the sky-like nature of mind, and to introduce us to who we really are and the unchanging pure awareness which underlies the whole of life and death”.