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This reads as reassurance rather than advice, a reminder that drifting attention is normal. It can be taken to mean that meditation is less about perfect concentration than about noticing distraction and returning again, without shame. It lands on a difficult day of practice, when the mind is restless and starting over feels like the actual work.
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Originally said in English.
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About Sharon Salzberg
author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice
Sharon Salzberg is an author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice in the West. She co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, in 1974 with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Her work centers on vipassanā, or insight, and mettā, or loving-kindness, and she has led meditation retreats around the world for several decades. She is known for writing and teaching in that tradition, with an emphasis on practice and attention to the mind.
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