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Stillness is the way

Meditation begins where the mind ends; when attachments are dropped stillness of mind reveals love without an object.

'Meditation is stillness. Stillness is the way. There is no other way but stillness.'

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LANGUAGE: English
YEAR RECORDED: 1984
PLACE RECORDED: London
DURATION: 1 hours and 18 minutes

MAIN TOPICS

Love without attachment, Containment, Entering the body, Meditation, Sensation, Meditation practice, Power and force, Stillness




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