Buddha attained supreme enlightenment through meditation and then spent His whole life converting sentient beings. The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Sutra teaches a method of meditation to gain no-self, and to enter Nirvana.
What do we do when erroneous thinking arises?
When erroneous thinking arises, we need to turn back to reside in body (knowing the whole body). When we know the body to be impermanent, then erroneous thinking will disappear.

Actually, if we can realize an arising of erroneous thinking it is because we have blessing. If we don’t have enough blessing, erroneous thinking will lead us to a wrong way for last long. So, we have to be careful about every thought, and we also need to do good deeds as much as possible.
If erroneous thinking and also drowsiness and illusion can keep on affecting us when we are meditating, we should understand that it is our past karma that has controlled us. At this point, we must confess our past sins.
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