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Bhagavad Gita
Dhyāna Yoga (6.34)
The mind is very restless, turbulent, strong, and obstinate, O Krishna. It appears to me that it is more difficult to control than the wind.
Dhammapada
Chapter III: Thought (35)
It is good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold in and flighty, rushing wherever it listeth; a tamed mind brings happiness.
Dhammapada
Chapter XVII: Anger (233)
Beware of the anger of the mind, and control thy mind! Leave the sins of the mind, and practise virtue with thy mind!
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VII, Khanda 3 (1)
For as the closed fist holds two amalaka or two kola or two aksha fruits, thus does mind hold speech and name. For if a man is minded in his mind to r...
Chaldean Oracles
Father. Mind. Fire. (12)
Such is the Mind which is energized before energy, while yet it had not gone forth, but abode in the Paternal Depth, and in the Adytum of God...
Dhammapada
Chapter XXIII: The Elephant (326)
This mind of mine went formerly wandering about as it liked, as it listed, as it pleased; but I shall now hold it in thoroughly, as the rider who...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book II: The All-Determining Influence of Thought (26.11-26.13)
O nobly-born, to sum up: thy present intellect in the Intermediate State having no firm object whereon to depend, being of little weight and...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VII, Khanda 3 (2)
'He who meditates on the mind as Brahman, is, as it were, lord and master as far as the mind reaches--he who meditates on the mind as Brahman.' 'Sir,...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book I: Introductory Instructions Concerning the Experiencing of Reality During the Third Stage of the Bardo, Called the Chonyid Bardo, when the Karmic Apparitions Appear (3.17)
O nobly-born, if thou dost not now recognize thine own thought-forms, whatever of meditation or of devotions thou mayst have performed while in the...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book II: The Bardo Body: Its Birth and Its Supernormal Faculties (23.9)
Up to the other day thou wert unable to recognize the Chonyid Bardo and hast had to wander down this far. Now, if thou art to hold fast to the real...
The Secret of the Golden Flower
Mistakes During the Circulation of the Light (2)
When one sets out to carry out one's decision, care must be taken to see that everything can proceed in a comfortable, easy manner. Too much must not...
Katha Upanishad
Third Vallī (6)
'But he who has understanding and whose mind is always firmly held, his senses are under control, like good horses of a charioteer.'
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VII, Khanda 4 (1)
For when a man wills, then he thinks in his mind, then he sends forth speech, and he sends it forth in a name. In a name the sacred hymns are containe...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book I: The Third Day (6.6)
If thou dost not recognize the radiance of thine own intellect, think, with faith, 'It is the radiance of the grace of the Bhagavan Ratna-Sambhava; I...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
The Appendix: The Path of Good Wishes for Saving from the Dangerous Narrow Passageway of the Bardo (43.13-43.17)
When, through intense stupidity, [we are] wandering in the Sangsdra, Along the bright light-path of the Wisdom of Reality, May the Bhagavan...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (69)
Yet in what quality soever thou excitest or awakenest the spirit, and makest it operative or qualifying, according to that same quality the thoughts r...
Dhammapada
Chapter III: Thought (38)
If a man's thoughts are unsteady, if he does not know the true law, if his peace of mind is troubled, his knowledge will never be perfect.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book I: Instructions on the Symptoms of Death, or the First Stage of the Chikhai Bardo: The Primary Clear Light Seen at the Moment of Death (1.22-1.23)
Shaping the thoughts thus, especially at this time when the Dharma-Kaya of Clear Light [in the state] after death can be realized for the benefit of...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (81)
But thou must know, that thou, in the government of thy mind, art thine own lord and master, there will rise up no fire to thee in the circle or whole...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VII, Khanda 8 (1)
One powerful man shakes a hundred men of understanding. If a man is powerful, he becomes a rising man. If he rises, he becomes a man who visits wise p...
Paraphrase of Shem
Go in Grace and Faith (1)
For it will not be possible to conquer them in a few moments, since they hasten to come forth from the error of the world. And if they are conquered, ...
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