Enthusiasm for Practice (097)

No matter how you dice it, practice is practice, and

that goes for dharma practice too. Enthusiasm for

what (in the beginning) amounts to rote practice is

almost an oxymoron. If you aren’t enthusiastic, where

is it to be found?

 

Well, how do you find joy right now in anything in your

life? What gives you joy? Start there. People typically

use a pebble or a stick for an object to focus on in

basic Shamata meditation, and most often the breath.

In themselves, these are not holy objects. You get

extra points for using an image of the Buddha, but

that is beside the point that there is no "right" object of

meditation. We are welcome to pick an object we love

to work with and concentrate on, especially if it helps,

 

so make it easy on yourself.