Ep. 142 – Doubt, Restlessness, & Sloth
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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The Three Hindrances of Meditation
In Zen it's called the great doubt. Doubt as a hindrance really refers to what we could call skeptical doubt. And that's the mind of indecision. It's like coming to a crossroads and then not knowing which way to go. Mind simply goes back and forth between the alternatives and doesn't go anywhere. This skeptical doubt in terms of our meditation practice is actually quite a dangerous mind state.
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