Our unsubdued mind
http://www.tricycle.com/issues/2_675/dailydharma/4414-1.html
If we let a wild elephant loose in a populated area it will cause
massive destruction, but the uncontrolled wild mind can cause much more
harm than such a crazed beast. If the deluded, wild elephant of our mind
is not subdued, it will create much suffering for us in this life and
will cause us to experience the sufferings of the deepest hell in the
future. In fact, if we investigate we can see that the creator of all
the sufferings of this and future lives is nothing but our unsubdued
mind. To subdue this wild beast is much more important than bringing a
jungle elephant under our control.
Many benefits follow from taming our mind. If we take the rope of
mindfulness and tie our elephant mind securely to the post of virtue,
all of our fears will swiftly come to an end.
If we do not develop mindfulness, our meditations will be hollow and
empty. There will be nothing to keep our wild elephant mind from running
back and forth in its customary, uncontrolled manner between objects of
attachment, anger, jealousy and so forth.
- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, /Meaningful to Behold/
from /Everyday Mind,/ edited by Jean Smith, a /Tricycle/ book
