[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Crazy Monkey Mind

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

March 21, 2007

CRAZY MONKEY MIND

The mind is like a crazy monkey, which leaps about and never stays in one 
place. It is completely restless and constantly paranoid about its 
surroundings. The training, or the meditation practice, is a way to catch 
the monkey, to begin with. That is the starting point. Traditionally, this 
training is called shamatha in Sanskrit, or shi-ne in Tibetan, which means 
simply "the development of peace." When we talk about the development of 
peace, we are not talking about cultivating a peaceful state, as such, but 
about simplicity.

 From "Trapping the Monkey" in THE TEACUP AND THE SKULLCUP: CHOGYAM TRUNGPA 
ON ZEN AND TANTRA. Page 72.

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