Sticking With One Method

Question: I like a certain method in Buddhism but I keep hearing about others. They all sound good and I don’t want to miss anything. What should I do?

Response: If we are fortunate enough to find our practice and teacher, we need to focus on them. Trying to follow different practices and teachers is like driving somewhere and coming to a crossroads. If we try to drive in both directions, we’ll become confused and not know which way to go.  

If we want to get a college degree, we need to choose a major. If we keep changing our major, we’ll be very well read but we’ll never graduate. And we’ll have wasted a lot of time and energy.

Our practice is the same way. We all are very busy and never have enough time to do all we want. If we do not focus on our goal of awakening, we’ll study a bit here and practice a bit there, but at then end of our lives, will not have come that much closer to our goal.

And we’ll have wasted another lifetime.