“Samadhi means firm concentration. Bhavana, meditation, means making the mind have a single preoccupation. You don’t have to do a lot of things. It’s kind of like taking this glass and setting it here for a minute, then lifting it and setting it there for a minute. Lifting and setting it, back and forth like this, without doing anything else.
When you meditate, contemplate the breath. When the breath comes in and out, know whether it’s short or long. Whatever it feels like, be mindful. You don’t have to force it. Whether the mind gets quiet or not, don’t worry about it. Just keep at it as much as you can.”