Buddhist practice is like making a cup of tea.
We prepare by studying and contemplating the teachings, this is like putting tea and sugar in the cup.
Then we pour boiling water into the cup and let it steep.
The steeping process is equivalent to our meditation practice.
The longer we let the tea steep, the stronger, more powerful, and more flavourful the tea will become.
What do we need to do to help the tea steep? Nothing.
We just rest, relax and wait for it to do its own thing.
The same goes f.