"I don’t envision a single thing that, when unguarded, leads to such great harm as the mind. The mind, when unguarded leads to great harm."
This quote from the Buddha, taken from the Aṅguttara Nikāya is the central topic for this mornings podcast.
Our human experience consists of perceptions of the world, body and mind. We can rest our attention anywhere but like an addiction our attention tends to rest on whatever is going through our mind. This in meditative traditions is said to be the cause of unhappiness and 'suffering' we have seen throughout time but something…