Comprehension in Meditation

"By altering the mind to tranquil equipoise, one will reach its intrinsic purity. Through perfect perception of the inherent purity of reality, a Bodhisattva practices in great compassion for all beings."
― Dharmasamgiti-sutra

The way you unlock the key of the mind, that tight knot of your karma, is through understanding it.

This is why the Buddha said:

"If you want to untie a knot, you have to first understand how it was tied."

To continue our discussion of meditation, first we remind you that the purpose of meditation is to comprehend, to understand, to receive wisdom. In other words, we meditate in order to acquire information.

This concept or understanding may be new to you because many traditions that discuss or teach meditation in the west do not necessarily present the science of meditation in this way.

They may say that meditation is to reach enlightenment, or to acquire powers, but in the Gnostic tradition we go directly to the point, the purpose or reason for meditation, and we call it Comprehension.

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