People under delusion are stubborn in holding to their own way of interpreting samadhi, which they define as “sitting quietly and continuously without letting any idea arise in the mind.” Such an interpretation would class us with inanimate beings. It is not thinking which blocks the Path; it is attachment to any particular thought or opinion. If we free our minds from attachment on the one hand and from the practice of repressing ideas on the other, the Path will be clear and open before us. Otherwise we shall be in bondage.
