Today we discussed the subject of austerity, vows in the framework of 18A.

Machine-assisted translation. The original Russian publication is linked below.

Today we discussed the subject of austerity, vows in the framework of 18A. And there's a very interesting vow in Tibet that says, "I swear never to meditate." What's the point? The idea is that a sannyasin (a sorcerer’s apprentice) realizes that meditation is a state in which he is going to live, not in the evenings for 20…