When I started reading about Buddhism and meditation, had one thing clear: the cause of suffering is attachment. Well, actually, is tanha, craving, thirst, hunger, but the attachment is just the natural consequence. The end of tanha is the end of dukkha . Easy: all you need to do is drop tanha.
And so, as he read and mused, jhanas appeared, Samatha vs Vipassana, Zen, Theravada, paticca samuppada, etc. Anapanasati steps, the seven factors of enlightenment, the four frames of reference ... And I do not know what to do.
Yesterday, after a very good sitting in the last days, I decided to meditate walking (it was 3 am and would not endure if I sat awake.) And I discovered that everything I had read had a reason. All the teachings of Gotama are directed to a single point. Learning to let go tanha. The end of tanha is the end of dukkha . What are you waiting for?
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