"If we disturb the water of a lake it will become muddy, but the nature of water itself is not muddied. We only have to let the water grow calm again for the mud to settle at the bottom, and the water will regain its original purity. What can we do to restore our mind to its original purity? How can we eradicate the various factors in mental pollution? We cannot get rid of them through outside struggles, nor by ignoring them, but only by injecting powerful antidotes via the channel of meditation. If you are able to practice meditation a little every day, gathering your scattered mind by focusing on an internal object, that would be a great help. The stream of thoughts thinking of good things, bad things, and so on, will quieten down. You will find its like taking a short vacation, finding yourself beyond your thoughts and resting there."
The Spirit of Peace
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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