# Ask The Buddhist

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-buddhist/526623>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 27, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-buddhist/526623 "2010-01-27T03:53:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-buddhist/526623/221 "2013-12-26T20:21:53Z")

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> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> I you get bored, it means there is still something in the back of your mind that’s distracting you. Anyway, just some friendly advice.

Why would that mean he’s doing it wrong? Of course there are distractions when you are learning. Every guided meditation I have mentions that you need to accept thoughts like boredom and that there’s no such thing as a bad meditation. They say you can’t actually control your mind, and that you must accept everything without struggling.

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**Author:** ![Moon\_Meyers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Moon\_Meyers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moon_Meyers)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-buddhist/526623/222 "2014-05-10T01:06:20Z")

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noticed this thread has been moved to MPSIMS,  
perhaps the best way to end this, is with a quote:

_Those that regard the mundane as a hindrance to the scared,  
only realize that in the mundane, nothing is sacred.  
what they have not yet realized is that,  
in sacredness, nothing is mundane._

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