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David Roylance discusses the importance of establishing a stable meditation practice to train the mind and reduce discontent feelings.

(Group Learning Program) - Chapter 11 - Meditation: Developing Your Practice at Wat Tung Yu Gotama Buddha explained that “a pot without a stand is easy to tip over”. The mind is the “pot” and your meditation practice is the “stand”. Without a stable "stand" (i.e. meditation practice) the pot (i.e. the mind) is going to constantly be "tipped over". The reason why the mind keeps experiencing discontent feelings such as sadness, anger, frustration, irritation, annoyance, guilt, shame, fears, boredom, loneliness, shyness, jealousy, resentment, stress, anxiety, etc......is because there is not a well established meditation practice....along with learning and practicing the entire Path to Enlightenment. The mind keeps getting "tipped over" experiencing discontent feelings. The mind needs a steady and consistent “stand” that you establish through the continual development of your meditation practice to train the mind. With a stable meditation practice, a Practitioner can develop mental discipline and the mind won't keep getting tipped over to experience discontent feelings. Developing a solid and consistent meditation practice that provides the mind…

People in this episode

Host: David Roylance

Topics covered

• meditation
• mind training
• Buddhism
• mental discipline
• Path to Enlightenment

Keywords

• meditation
• mind
• discontent
• practice
• Buddhism
• mental discipline
• enlightenment

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Wat Tung Yu

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