Meditation brings Nirvana, and Nirvana brings Buddhahood.
If people think they can __o_ meditation, then they become frustrated every time they don__ achieve the state. In the same way that making more of an effort to fall asleep__rying to force yourself to sleep__ften backfires, the meditative state becomes more elusive the more you try. On the other hand, if people understand that meditation is a state, then their only job is to create the right circumstances. They focus on what they can do__elax, sit still, concentrate__nd then sometimes the state comes, while sometimes it does not. Either one is fine.
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If people think they can __o_ meditation, then they become frustrated every time they don__ achieve the state. In the same way that making more of an effort to fall asleep__rying to force yourself to sleep__ften backfires, the meditative state becomes more elusive the more you try. On the other hand, if people understand that meditation is a state, then their only job is to create the right circumstances. They focus on what they can do__elax, sit still, concentrate__nd then sometimes the state comes, while sometimes it does not. Either one is fine.
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