SUTRA 09 · CONTEMPLATION

Don’t do meditation.
Live in meditation.

Living in meditation

One reading takes the line as an invitation to let attentive presence extend beyond a formal session. Listening, walking, and working can all become opportunities to notice experience as it unfolds. Formal practice and everyday attention can support one another.

A moment to reflect

Choose one transition in your day. Pause, notice your surroundings, and continue with a little more attention.

An interpretive reflection on this sutra, offered as a starting point for contemplation.

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