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Only after having achieved tranquility can one have peaceful repose. Only after having peaceful repose can one begin to deliberate. Only after deliberation can the end be attained.

Great Learning (Confucian Meditation)

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Only After Deliberation

Topic: Prayer, Meditation, & Contemplation

“Only after knowing what to abide in can one be calm. Only after having been calm can one be tranquil. Only after having achieved tranquility can one have peaceful repose. Only after having peaceful repose can one begin to deliberate. Only after deliberation can the end be attained. Things have their roots and their branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.”

Confucianism
Great Learning (Confucian Meditation)

Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture II. Universal Peace Federation, 2011, p. 806 [Confucian Meditation, Great Learning].

Confucian Meditation, Great Learning

Confucian meditation, called Quiet Sitting, has as its aim neither to find the Self nor to empty the mind, but rather to make the mind level and receptive to knowledge. According to the school of Wang-yang Ming, investigation of outward reality should begin with the investigation of one’s own mind.

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