Bodh Gaya ~~~~

“Bring your mind home. And release. And relax.”

To bring your mind home means to bring the mind

into the state of 

Calm Abiding through the practice of mindfulness. In 

its deepest 

sense, to bring your mind home is to turn your mind 


inward and rest 

in the nature of mind. This itself is the highest 


meditation.

To release means to release the mind from its 


prison of grasping, 

since you recognize that all pain and fear and 

distress arise from the 

craving of the grasping mind. On a deeper level, 
the 

realization and 

confidence that arise from your growing 

understanding of the nature

 of mind inspire the profound and natural generosity that enables you 

to release all grasping from your heart, letting it free itself to melt 

away in the inspiration of meditation.

To relax means to be spacious and to relax the mind of its tensions.

 More deeply, you relax into the true nature of your mind, the state of 

Rigpa. It is like pouring a handful of sand onto a hot surface, and

 each grain settles of its own accord. This is how you relax into your 

true nature, letting all thoughts and emotions naturally subside and 

dissolve into the state of the nature of mind.