SHAMATHA MEDITATION
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IN-PERSON IN HONOLULU (or ZOOM)
We will meet at 2100 Date Street. To get access to the building or for guest parking (limited), text/call Greg, at 8082847955. We meet in the recreation room. Virtual Coffee Hour follows Shamatha at 11:00-12:00 noon if you would like to socialize.
Khentrul Rinpoche underscores the importance of Shamatha Meditation: "Whatever kind of practices we are working with or trainings we are engaging in – whether according to the sutras or the tantras -- what makes our practice very powerful, very strong, or effective is Shamatha. Adversely if our mind is not able to rest one-pointedly absorbed or focused within those trainings, our mind will be constantly distracted by any and all kinds of discursive thoughts and emotions that arise, so it is not calm, it is not usable, and it cannot accomplish those things in an easy way. Consequently Shamatha is a crucial element of whatever practice or training we are doing." Please join us for this fundamental meditative practice.