Lion's Roar

THE MOMENT THE MIND LET GO

Kee Nanayon on her experience of being simply aware of the mind.

in meditation outside in the open air—my back straight as an arrow—firmly determined to make the mind quiet, but even after a long time it wouldn’t settle down. So I thought, “I’ve been working

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