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>>20445090
Hi anon. I meditate for 10 minutes a day and use the advice and classification of TMI, the book quoted by the author, to know where I am, but I feel like I'm not making any progress. Any advice?

Can I really reach samatha and then the first path and awakening just by improving my concentration on meditation and breath?

Maybe I should meditate more but I try to take it easy, because even 10 minutes is hard for me, I get bored, restless and fall asleep.

Also, a side point: does morality matter that much? Some people seem to reach the advanced states while still drinking alcohol from time to time (the precept I have the most trouble with, along with the 4th one because I like to make jokes with my friends).

Another point : I don't believe in anatta as classically understood, my theory is closer to Vedanta and Dolpopa Buddhism, I identify Nirvana with the True Self. As long as I agree that the worldly self is illusory, it should not be a problem, right? Thanks.