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**Serttyfd** · 05-04-2011, 04:48 PM

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If you meditate as Buddha suggested, you are following his teachings. I avoided sutta study for years, and still feel tons of aversion to it. Books can help but they can also hinder. I started with the anapanasati sutta (mindfulness of breathing/keeping the breath in mind) because it bore directly on what I was attempting in my formal sits. Keep in mind, The Four Noble Truths have traditionally been considered an "advanced" teaching. I don't know if I agree with that, but it helps me to not be to hard on myself or worry about it too much when I'm in my WTF? state regarding the teachings.

05-04-2011, 04:48 PM	#12
Serttyfd Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 422 Senior Member	peen: If you meditate as Buddha suggested, you are following his teachings. I avoided sutta study for years, and still feel tons of aversion to it. Books can help but they can also hinder. I started with the anapanasati sutta (mindfulness of breathing/keeping the breath in mind) because it bore directly on what I was attempting in my formal sits. Keep in mind, The Four Noble Truths have traditionally been considered an "advanced" teaching. I don't know if I agree with that, but it helps me to not be to hard on myself or worry about it too much when I'm in my WTF? state regarding the teachings.
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