What Buddha said of the Mind
No world without Mind
"By mind the world is led,
By mind the world is moved.
And all good and bad things,
exist in the world because of mind."
The Nature of Mind
"The mind is naturally pure and radiant,
But external objects pollute the mind,
Through the influence of senses,
And mental faculties or defilements."
Mind runs faster than anything else
"I consider, monks, that there is no phenomenon
that comes and goes so quickly as mind.
It is not easy to find a simile to show how quickly
mind comes and goes."
An Undeveloped Mind
"As rain penetrates an ill-thatched house,
so lust penetrates an undeveloped mind."
Just as a fletcher straightens an arrow shaft,
even so the discerning man straightens his mind --
so fickle and unsteady, so difficult to guard.
Wonderful, indeed, it is to subdue the mind,
so difficult to subdue, ever swift,
and seizing whatever it desires.
A tamed mind brings happiness.
Let the discerning man guard the mind,
so difficult to detect and extremely subtle,
seizing whatever it desires.
A guarded mind brings happiness.
Wisdom never becomes perfect in one whose
mind is not steadfast,
who knows not the Good
Teaching and whose faith wavers.
There is no fear for an awakened one,
whose mind is not sodden (by lust) nor afflicted (by hate),
and who has gone beyond both merit and demerit.
Whatever harm an enemy may do to an enemy,
or a hater to a hater,
an ill-directed mind inflicts on oneself a greater harm.
Neither mother, father, nor any other relative
can do one greater good
than one's own well-directed mind.