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Conquest of Mind
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Twenty Three
Mind
1. I control the horse which gallops by the bridle of know
ledge; being controlled it does not go astray and moves on the right path.
- Utta. Sū. 23.56
2. The mind is that fierce, unruly and dreadful horse which
runs hither and thither in all directions. I control it by the discipline of Dharma so that it becomes a well-trained kanthaka*-steed.
-- Utta. Sū. 23.58
3. The mind of man is fickle. He wants to fulfill all his desires which is as impossible as filling a sieve with water.
— Ācā. Cü. 1.3.2.7
4. Difficult it is to remove the acute thorns of perversion from the mind.
- Sū. Kr. Sü 1.2.2.11
5. Relinquish all inauspicious thoughts from the mind and let auspicious thoughts flow in from all directions.
- Vya. Bhā. 77
6. Just as a monkey cannot remain still even for a single
moment, so also the mind cannot remain free from evil thoughts even for a single moment.
--- Bhā. Pā. 84 * Kanthaka : The horse of Buddha is called Kanthaka.
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