Much of the Indian philosophical tradition shares a fundamental concern: understanding the nature of the reality in which we find ourselves. Traditionally, these classical systems are taught as having constructed comprehensive metaphysical frameworks—theories about ultimate substances, cosmic origins, transcendent principles, etc., that comprise a reality beneath the surface of everyday life. While these traditions often …

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You are meditating “incorrectly” if you are trying to become calm. You are meditating “correctly” when you notice that you are trying to become calm. COMMENTARY: Striving cannot secure the state it seeks because striving is already the pre-reflective organization of experience around what is absent, threatened, or not-yet-achieved. Desperately striving to calm one’s mind …

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