“Restlessness occurs because you think too much.”

“Restlessness occurs because you think too much.”

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Question: May Tan Ajahn please share with us some techniques to overcome restlessness?

Tan Ajahn: Restlessness occurs because you think too much. 

You have no mindfulness to restrain your thinking. So you should try to develop mindfulness by keeping your mind busy with your meditation object, instead of thinking about this or that thing, this or that person, or this or that event.

You have to stop thinking by developing, repeating, reciting your mantra. If you don’t like Buddho, you can use something else. You can use counting if you like; just keep on counting one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Keep on counting. When you concentrate on your counting, then you will not be able to think about other things.

When you don’t think about other things, then your mind will become empty and peaceful.

“Dhamma for the Asking, Nov 18, 2014”

By Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto
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