What Buddha Taught About the Mind

If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear. - Buddha

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All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become. - The Buddha

The mind is unstable and flighty. It wanders wherever it desires. Therefore it is good to control the mind. A disciplined mind brings happiness. - Buddha

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. - The Buddha

It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. - The Buddha

Since everything is a reflection of our minds … everything can be changed by our minds. - The Buddha

If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to you. - Buddha

Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: Follow the calmness, the absence of pride. - Buddha

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Karma

Karma is the destiny man weaves for himself. - L. H. Leslie-Smith

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The Core Principles

It’s All About Intention: The Buddha famously declared that intention is karma. A physical, verbal, or mental act only generates karma if it is wilful, deliberate, and conscious. Unintentional acts do not carry karmic weight.

Three Doors of Action: Karma is accumulated through three "doors":

Body: Actions like violence, giving, or stealing.
Speech: Lying, gossiping, or offering kind words.
Mind: Thoughts of greed, hatred, and delusion, or feelings of compassion and empathy.

Seeds of the Future: Every willed action plants a "seed" in the mind. Over time, these seeds ripen into habits, personality traits, and life experiences. Actions rooted in compassion lead to happiness, while harmful actions lead to suffering.

Karma vs. Fatalism
Buddhism teaches that karma is highly dynamic and is not fixed destiny. While you cannot change actions you have committed in the past, you have complete control over your present actions. By practicing mindfulness, wisdom, and compassion, you can weaken the effects of past negative karma and steer your future toward positive outcomes.

The Ultimate Goal
While accumulating good karma can result in a fortunate life or a pleasant rebirth, the ultimate goal of Buddhism is to step outside the cycle of karma and rebirth (Samsara) entirely. By reaching enlightenment, practitioners eliminate the root causes of karma — ignorance, craving, and attachment — liberating themselves from all suffering.

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The Teachings of the Buddha

Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Let go of winning and losing. Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, know the sweet joy of the way. – Buddha

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Your body is precious. It is your vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care. - The Buddha

A victor only breeds hatred, while a defeated man lives in misery, but a man at peace within lives happily, abandoning up ideas of victory and defeat. - The Buddha

All beings tremble before violence. All fear death, all love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? - Buddha

Delusions, errors and lies are like huge, gaudy vessels, the rafters of which are rotten and worm-eaten, and those who embark in them are fated to be shipwrecked. - The Buddha

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. - Buddha

If you want wisdom, empty your heart of ignorance. If you want contentment, empty your heart of greed. If you want serenity, empty your heart of ill will. - Buddha

From craving arises sorrow, from craving arises fear, but he who is freed from craving has no sorrow and certainly no fear. - The Buddha

As a wise man tests gold on a touch-stone, heating and cutting, so you, monks should test my words by practice, and not accept them simply due to the reverence to me. - The Buddha

Nothing is, everything is becoming. There is no present – only change. - Unknown

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Food For Thought

“I quote others only in order the better to express myself.” – Michel de montaigneh

The following are ‘Food For Thought’. I pinched them from a Facebook Page called ‘Think and Exist’

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Religion

Your religious beliefs are not sacred or immune to criticism. They are beliefs in your head based on where you were born, how you were raised, and who influenced you. Simply having religious beliefs does not make them true or obligate others to respect them. So please, for everyone’s sake: wake up and educate yourself. - Unknown

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Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly, as I have said, the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes. Fear is the basis of the whole thing – fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death.
Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand-in-hand. It is because fear is at the basis of those two things.
In this world we can now begin a little to understand things, and a little to master them by the help of science, which has forced its way step by step against the Christian religion, against the churches, and against the opposition of all the old precepts.
Science can help us to get over this craven fear in which mankind has lived for so many generations. Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supports, no longer to invent allies in the sky, but rather to look to our own efforts here below to make this world a fit place to live in, instead of the sort of place that the churches in all these centuries have made it. - Bertrand Russell

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The Spiritual Life

Sometimes we have to stop looking at our problems and start appreciating how beautiful our lives have become. - Antonie Crowley

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free. - Thich Nhat Hanh

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The sun shines down, and its image reflects in a thousand different pots filled with water. The reflections are many, but they are each reflecting the same sun. Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people. - Ammachi

Reaching the zenith of one mystic mountain of attainment, we find the base of another still nobler and higher to climb. - Unknown

Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light. - Bruce Lee

Except for our bodies there are no other temples in the world. - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

Most people don't know or don't accept the fact that if they had no thoughts they would be happy. - Anthony Damiani

When we consider we are bound to be serviceable to mankind, and bear with their faults, we shall perceive there is a common tie of nature and relation between us. - Marcus Aurelius

The end of our exploring will be to arrive at where we started, and to know the place for the first time. - T. S. Eliot

To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us. - Dr. Alexis Carrel

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Zen

The persurance of Zen is to discover a source of happiness and meaning beyond worldly pursuits and to achieve a state of deep peace and liberation.

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Zen is not found in exotic lands, rare moments, or mystical highs.
It is discovered in the quiet rhythm of daily life — folding clothes with full attention, washing dishes without hurry, walking without distraction.
True practice is not an escape from the ordinary, but a return to it — with presence.
When we stop chasing peak experiences, we begin to see the sacred in the simple.
In this way, every moment — no matter how ordinary — becomes a gateway to awakening. — from "99 Zen Moments"

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Tao Te Ching

The ‘Tao Te Ching’, Chinese: 道德經; is a Chinese classic text and foundational work of Taoism traditionally credited to the sage Laozi though the text's authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated.

The 'Tao Te Ching' had a profound influence on Chinese religious movements and on subsequent Chinese philosophers, who annotated, commended, and criticized the texts extensively.

The following are some excerpts from the Tao Te Ching.

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By aligning with the Tao (道), ego-centric thoughts naturally dissolve and melt away, and we move once again in synch with Nature, the Cosmos, All That Is. - Zen and Tao Facebook Page

Yield and overcome. Empty and be full. Have little and gain. Have much and be confused. - Tao Te Ching

Stay at the centre of the circle and let all things take their course. - Tao Te Ching

Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding. - Tao Te Ching

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. - Tao Te Ching  

When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance. - Tao Te Ching    

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. - Tao Te Ching  

A mind ever free of its own process Beholds the True miracle of Absolute Reality. A mind ever lost in its own process sees only the forms of this world. - Tao Te Ching

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The Universe

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This is everything. Every single star you have ever seen in the night sky. Every galaxy every black hole every nebula every pulsar every quasar every planet every moon every asteroid every atom of matter that has ever existed in the 13.8 billion year history of reality — all of it fits inside this sphere 93 billion light years across.

We call it the Observable Universe — not because this is all that exists but because this is all the light that has had time to reach us since the Big Bang. Beyond this boundary there is almost certainly more universe — perhaps infinitely more — that we will never see because the universe is expanding faster than its light can reach us.

We exist on one pale blue dot orbiting one ordinary star in one ordinary galaxy among two trillion galaxies each containing hundreds of billions of stars in a universe so vast that the number of atoms in your body is small compared to the number of stars it contains.

And yet here you are. Aware of all of it. Able to look up and wonder. In 13.8 billion years of cosmic history the universe finally built something that could look back at itself and ask why. That is you. That has always been you. You are not separate from the universe. You are the universe experiencing itself. And that is the most extraordinary thing in all of existence. – A Facbeook post my ‘SkyMyst’

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Science

Science is a systematic approach to understanding the natural world through observation, experimentation, and the development of testable explanations. It's a way of acquiring knowledge about how the world works, from the smallest particles to the largest galaxies. 

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The idea that your mind is woven into the universe is no longer just spiritual talk. It is creeping into serious science. A growing number of researchers are returning to panpsychism, the idea that consciousness is not made by the brain alone but is a fundamental feature of reality itself, present in all matter. Once dismissed as mysticism, it is now drawing real scientific attention.

What revived it is quantum biology. Nature already uses quantum effects in photosynthesis and bird navigation, so why not in the brain? That is the core of a theory from physicist Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff, who proposed consciousness arises from quantum processes inside our neurons. Some physicists go further, arguing the quantum information behind consciousness is non-local, reaching back to the origin of the universe.

None of it is fully proven. But the wall between mind and cosmos is no longer as solid as science once insisted. And the simplest connection was always real. The atoms thinking these thoughts were forged inside stars. You are made of the universe, briefly arranged into something that can feel it.

So maybe the mystics and the physicists are circling the same truth from opposite ends. What if consciousness was never something the universe produced, but something it was made of all along? - A Facebook post by ‘Astrophilesz’

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The Mind

Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they’re all a projection of you. - Deepak Chopra

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Our Minds can be wonderful, but at the same time they can be our very worst enemy. - Sogyal Rinpoche

Paradoxically, as the mind becomes simpler, it can perceive greater complexity. - William Hamilton

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion. - Pythagoras

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence. - Thomas Huxley

No matter where the body is, the mind is free to go elsewhere. - W.H. Davies

The subconscious mind is a mental fireless cooker where ideas simmer and develop. - Unknown

The energy of the mind is the essence of life. - Aristotle

If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place. - Lao Tzu

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Teachings of the Buddha

Buddhism is simple and factual. It is a universal teaching that can be understood by all people. That is why the Teachings of the Buddha is referred to as a philosophy of Life.

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However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? - The Buddha

He who looks for me, that is, through any material form, or seeks me through any audible sound, that man has entered on an erroneous course, and shall never behold the Buddha. - The Buddha

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. - The Buddha

Happily do we live, benevolent amongst the hateful, amidst hateful men, we live benevolent. - The Buddha

If a viper lives in your room and you wish to have a peaceful sleep, you must first chase it out. - The Buddha

A heart untouched by worldly things, not swayed by sorrow, passionless and secure – that is the greatest blessing. - Buddha

Blessed are they who earn their livelihood in a way that brings hurt or danger to no living thing. - The Buddha

You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself. - Buddha

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. - The Buddha

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Think And Exist

"It is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized as wiser than oneself." – Marlene Dietrich

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God

God is not real. God is an invention – a word dreamed up to explain the world.

God – for people who are not strong enough to cope with reality.

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Religion

Religion doesn’t just cloud our minds. It asks us to deliberately deceive ourselves to replace reason with its opposite: Faith. And when men operate on faith, they can no longer be reasoned with, which makes them more dangerous than any sane man, good or evil. - Unknown

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A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vain – then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system? - Robert Heinlein

Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people; Before you tell me how much you love your God, show me how much you love all his children; Before you preach to me of your passion for your faith, teach me about it through your compassion for your neighbours. - Cory Booker

The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance... logic can be happily tossed out the window. - Stephen King

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The Goal of Spiritual life

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. - Joseph Campbell

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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up. - Eckhart Tolle

All that affliction of the darkest kind ever can work to the true soul is to awaken it up to spiritual things, to open the clear eye, to make the spiritual reality the more real. If you rightly comprehend it, it only strikes that which is round about you, it only removes that which is outward and physical, but it leaves you all the same a greater and a better man for your trial. - E.H. Chapin

Being is that which disturbs our insistence on remaining in the life-numbing realm of our secret desperation. It is the itch that cannot be scratched, the whisper that will not be denied. To be, to truly be, is not a given. Most of us live in a state where our being has long ago been exiled to the shadow realm of our silent anguish. At times Being will break through the fabric of our unconsciousness to remind us that we are not living the life we could be living, the life that truly matters. - Adyashanti

In an evolutionary context, the goal of the spiritual life is not peace; it’s perpetual development. Evolutionary enlightenment is about the ecstasy that compels us to create the future. And it’s not a future that’s going to unfold by itself while we go back to sleep. It’s a future that we forge the hard way through direct, conscious, intentional engagement with the life-process itself. - Andrew Cohen

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Zen Buddhism

This video explores what Zazen, the sitting meditation practice of Zen Buddhism, is and how to practice it.

It tells the history of how Zen came about, and the philosophy of Zen.

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The Pursuit Of Tao

Taoism emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao, (The Way of Nature) which means aligning oneself with the natural order of the universe and the flow of energy (Chi or Qi).

The Tao is often described as something that is difficult to grasp or define, as it is beyond the limitations of human language and thought.

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When the highest type of men hear Tao,
They diligently practice it.
When the average type of men hear Tao,
They half believe in it.
When the lowest type of men hear Tao,
They laugh heartily at it.
- Lao-Tzu

The supreme good is like water,
Which nourishes all things without trying to.
It is content with the low places that people disdain.
Thus it is like the Tao.
In dwelling, live close to the ground.
In thinking, keep to the simple.
In conflict, be fair and generous.
In governing, don't try to control.
In work, do what you enjoy.
In family life, be completely present.
- Lao-Tzu

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The Universe

In this interconnected universe, every improvement we make in our private world improves the world at large for everyone. We all float on the collective level of consciousness of mankind, so that any increment we add comes back to us. We all add to our common buoyancy by our efforts to benefit life. It is a scientific fact that what is good for you is good for me. - Dr. David Hawkins

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The universe must not be narrowed down to the limit of our understanding, but our understanding must be stretched and enlarged to take in the image of the universe as it is discovered. - Francis Bacon

When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty. - John Muir

I like to experience the Universe as one harmonious whole. Every cell has life. Matter, too, has life; it is energy solidified… - Albert Einstein

The universe has no restrictions. You place restrictions on the universe with your expectations. - Deepak Chopra

The universe is completely balanced and in perfect order. You will always be compensated in full for everything you do. - Brian Tracy

There is a universe out there, a universe of life, objects, and events. There are differences, but it is all the same universe, and we all must obey the same universal laws. - Barry B. Longyear

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Meditation

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NEUROSCIENTISTS SCANNED THE BRAINS OF MEDITATORS AND WHAT THEY FOUND CHANGED EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE MIND

For most of human history, meditation was considered a spiritual practice — valuable for inner peace and religious development but outside the domain of medicine and neuroscience. That changed dramatically in 2011 when a landmark Harvard study published in Psychiatry Research provided the first structural MRI evidence that meditation physically and measurably changes the architecture of the human brain.

Dr. Sara Lazar and her team found that participants in an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program showed significant increases in gray matter density in the hippocampus (learning and memory), the posterior cingulate cortex (mind-wandering and self-relevance), the temporo-parietal junction (empathy and compassion), and the cerebellum. Simultaneously, gray matter in the amygdala — the brain's threat-detection alarm system — measurably decreased, correlating directly with participants' reported reductions in stress.

This was not subjective. These were structural changes in brain tissue — visible on MRI scans after just 8 weeks of daily practice.

Additional research has demonstrated that consistent meditation practice lowers cortisol by up to 30%, increases BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor — the brain's growth hormone), elevates baseline serotonin and dopamine levels, reduces systemic inflammatory markers including IL-6 and CRP, and improves telomere length — a direct biological marker of cellular aging.

The most accessible form: 10 minutes of breath-focused awareness every morning before engaging with any screen or stimulus. No app required. No special training required.

Just sit. Breathe. Watch your brain transform.

This is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider before making changes to your health routine.

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