Date: 01/10/2026 01/11/2026
Location: Star River Meditation Center
Teacher: Yunquan Huang
Sitting Meditation
Meditation and Ultimate Meaning
People often ask: What is the ultimate meaning of life?Is it achievement, relationships, happiness, or transcendence?Meditation does not rush to answer this question.Instead, it invites us to experience life directly—and when the mind becomes quiet, open, and no longer at the center,ultimate meaning is no longer a concept, but a lived reality.
1.Why Do We Seek Ultimate Meaning?
1.Because external fulfillment never fully satisfies
Success, wealth, and relationships,offer only temporary satisfaction.
2.Because impermanence becomes undeniable
Loss, aging, and change,raise deeper questions.
3.Because something within remains unresolved
This inner gap cannot be filled by accumulation.
2.How Meditation Approaches the Question of Meaning
1.By returning to experience, not answering with concepts
Meditation does not define meaning—it reveals presence.
2.By shifting from “Why live?” to “How to live?”
Awareness and authenticity matter more than answers.
3.By loosening old attachments
Meaning is not constructed;it emerges when grasping dissolves.
3.Ultimate Meaning as Revealed Through Practice
1.Awareness itself becomes meaningful
When fully present,life requires no justification.
2.Existence no longer needs validation
You no longer prove life through achievement or approval.
3.The sense of separation fades
Life is no longer something to analyze from outside.
4.Ultimate Meaning Is Not a Distant Goal
1.It is not in the future
Future meaning is endlessly postponed.
2.It is not defined by others
Borrowed meanings become new limitations.
3.It is not a special state
Ordinary, clear, and present—this is the deepest expression.
5.How Life Changes When Meaning Is Lived
1.Fear of death softens
Change is recognized as natural.
2.Attachment to success and failure loosens
Effort remains,but identity no longer depends on outcomes.
3.Compassion deepens
You see others searching for stability as well.
4.Trust in the present moment grows
There is no rush to arrive elsewhere.
Conclusion
Meditation does not answer the question of ultimate meaning.It reveals that when the mind is clear, open, and unattached,life itself—just as it is—is the ultimate meaning.
