{"id":874,"date":"2009-10-19T16:47:14","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T16:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/10\/buddhist-quote-of-the-day-meditation-in-everyday-life.html"},"modified":"2009-10-19T16:47:14","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T16:47:14","slug":"buddhist-quote-of-the-day-meditation-in-everyday-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/10\/buddhist-quote-of-the-day-meditation-in-everyday-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Buddhist Quote of the Day: Meditation in Everyday Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"baby-meditating.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>by Ethan Nichtern<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings from the Shambhala<\/a> Sangha Retreat in gorgeous Vermont, where I am acting as a meditation<\/a> instructor under the awesome mind-heart training, Sakyong Mipham<\/a> Rinpoche, the coolest Buddhist<\/a> teacher this side of the Himalayas, in my humble opinion. The quote below is about practicing meditation in everyday life<\/a>. I am teaching a six week course of the same name beginning next week in New York City, and similar courses are offered at Shambhala Centers<\/a> everywhere. (PS If anyone can tell me the source of this awesome photo, I’d love to know).<\/p>\n


\n“Seated meditation is the arena in which the meditator practices his own
\nfundamental skills. The game the meditator is playing is the experience
\nof his own life, and the instrument upon which he plays is his own
\nsensory apparatus. Even the most seasoned meditator continues to
\npractice seated meditation, because it tunes and sharpens the basic
\nmental skills he needs for his particular game. We must never forget,
\nhowever, that seated meditation itself is not the game. It’s the
\npractice. The game in which those basic skills are to be applied is the
\nrest of one’s experiential existence. Meditation that is not applied to
\ndaily living is sterile and limited.”<\/p>\n

-From Mindfulness in Plain English
by Bhante Gunaratana<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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