Fighting it is fruitless. One of the most effective ways that has been found to tame the monkey mind is by embracing stillness and focusing on the here and now. Vipassana translates to “seeing things ...

Goldberg has also spoken about how difficult it is to have “monkey mind”: the notion, in contemplative practices such as Buddhism, that our mind swings from one thought or sensation to another.

One of these stories is The Buddhist Story of the Monkey King. Once, there was a tribe of monkeys who lived in a forest. The King of the monkeys was very strong and kind, and looked after all of ...