knowing that the defilements are overcome through insight, yoked with calm, one should seek first to develop a calm state of mind. this is easily gained by detachment from the world. it is said that there is no hope of liberation for those who are overly attached to things.
to achieve the first stage of meditation, which is serenity, you must disengage the mind from attachment to things and other people.
the principle adversary of diligence is laziness.
you must recognize when to apply an antidote and when to leave the mind alone.
apart from meditation on the correct view there is no path that can destroy the root of samsara.
the birds have vanished into the sky, and now the last cloud drains away. we sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains.
let go of what has passed. let go of what may come. let go of what is happening now. don't try to figure anything out. don't try to make anything happen. relax, right now, and rest.
fill body and mind with awareness
pranayama for awakening ajna and sahasrara
by mokurai, monk of silent thunder temple