Morning Star Dhamma
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Mind is simply a combination of all the thoughts, of all the clouds. Mind has no independent nature of its own. When all the thoughts are gone and the sky is clean and clear, you will see that everything that you have paid so much attention to is nothing but emptiness. Your thoughts were all empty. They contained nothing, they were void. Whatever you thought they contained was your own energy. You have withdrawn your energy -- just the empty shell of the thought falls down. You have withdrawn your identity and immediately the thought is no longer alive. It was your identity that was giving it life force. And strangely enough, you thought that your thoughts were very strong and it was difficult to get rid of them! You were making them strong, you were cultivating them. Just by forcing them, you were getting into a fix.
But the mind may cause activity in the Brain! HmmmmThe mind is something the brain does. It isn't so much a thing as an activity.
The mind is something the brain does. It isn't so much a thing as an activity.
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Friend Sugacubex,
Just an addition to the above posts:
Our friend Satan_Serrated_Edge mentioned
No brain = no mind!
Well taking the word Buddha which comes from the root *buddh* which you have explained.
Two other words that are co-related and comes from the same root word are Buddhi or intelligence and so friend SSE is correct that no brain= no mind is also correct but that state is termed BUDDHU or a fool; so we can see the following:
Buddi fully realised becomes awakened is buddha
and buddhi unutilised is buddhu [fool]
Love & rgds
the brain is a seed... after 100 years of germination, the Mind grows from that seed and flies away like dandelion puffs.
LOL... I did not know Buddhu means a Fool!?
No brain=no Mind
I agree with SSE's statement... to a certain point. It is like saying:
No Seed=No Apple
No Egg=No Chicken
No Caterpillar=No Butterfly
No Upasaka=No Arahato
No Mind=No Buddha
No Baby=No Old Man
So the "Mind" - as I see it - is like that. First it begins its life as a caterpillar on a tomato plant. You kill the caterpillar and no butterfly develops.
So can we say that because no butterfly develops because we killed the caterpillar, that thus the two are the same thing?
This is only true from a limited perspective. Because in time, when the caterpillar has enough time to grow, it changes form - becoming something different - and flies away from its old home.
To me I believe the earth is a garden, and the brain is a seed... after 100 years of germination, the Mind grows from that seed and flies away like dandelion puffs.
Friend joea,
Just for your understanding once again:
Buddhi - brain or intelligence
Buddha - awakened
buddhu - fool
kindly do not mix up the words and meanings or else we our minds will fool us.
Love & rgds
"Buddha means fool"..lol