Thursday, August 23, 2007

HOW TO MEDITATE AND BE CALM

"'I am breathing in and making my whole body calm and at peace. I am breathing out and making my whole body calm and at peace.' This is how one practices."

-The Sutra on Full Awareness of Breathing

From "Teachings of the Buddha," edited by Jack Kornfield, 1993. Reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Boston, www.shambhala.com.