In Thai, they have a word for practice–patibat–which also means looking after someone, to attend to someone’s needs.  In the practice of the Dhamma you’re looking after your own mind, attending to your own mind’s needs.  It’s not so much that you’re learning about Buddhism.  You’re learning about your one mind, looking after your own mind.  That’s when the meditation really starts showing its value.  it rearranges all the power balances  in the mind so that truth begins to ta