
A monk was sitting on the floor of a high, mountain cave, deep in meditation. Suddenly a ferocious bandit rushed into the cave, wielding his sword.
What is the point of meditation? This question comes up, in different ways, all the time. Quite reasonably, everyone considering developing a mindfulness meditation practice wants to know some version of, “why should I waste my time, sitting still (or walking slowly) and just watching my breath?” It does seem silly, doesn’t it? Sitting, doing nothing. When you could be doing…something. There are...