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Sitting and Looking
Sitting and Looking
Having pointed this out, it may be helpful to clarify and describe what it is that the Tibetan Buddhists (and other groups too) do when they sit down on their cushions. In general, if you ask them what they are doing on their cushions, the answer will not that they are “practicing”, or they are “sitting”. Indeed, that is what takes place. They sit and observe.
There are many Tibetan words for the different kinds of mind practice that are possible, while in the West we have just the one word: meditation. What, then, is mind practice?
The most important difference between sitting practice (mind practice) and meditation as it is understood in this country, is that mind practice is anything but relaxing or passive. It is very active.
