It’s no dif­fer­ent from any other skill

This month in our Open Mind series, pro­ducer Peter Aronson talks with James Neal, who was a Buddhist monk for 15 years and now teaches med­i­ta­tion in India, Europe and elsewhere.

“Meditation” is a word that brings all sorts of lofty ideas to mind, but in fact, Neal says, it’s just like any other skill — to get good at it, you have to prac­tice, prac­tice, practice.