"I really like surfing. It's a form of meditation, a way of focusing and stopping the mind from thinking."
Geshe Sonam Thargye, Tibetan Buddhist monk, teacher and surfer
http://www.tibet.com/NewsRoom/hhdlaustralia6.htm
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Interesting article.....good early morning read.
I especially like this article because I've read of a Thai Buddhist monk using surfing as an example to illustrate samsara/the cycle of suffering. His point was directed at the fleeting rush surfers get when they catch a typically short ride, and that we are never satisfied (i.e., forever looking for the "perfect wave"). This to him was ridiculousness. He had a valid point but I think the experience of riding waves is very different depending on the mindfulness one brings to it, just like this Tibetan monk is saying.
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