All wrongdoing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrongdoing remain?
Slowly and steadily cleanse the mind; sharpen the intellect, purify the senses, and win grace.
A man, who realises the potential of his mind by means of introspection and contemplation, does not lack self-confidence. He has control over his mind and he is able to realise its full potential.
The guru cannot awaken you; all that he can do is to point out what is. The guru can give you words; he can give you an explanation, the symbols of the mind, but the symbol is not the real, and if you are caught in the symbol, you will never find the way.
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
Those who read books cannot understand the teachings and, what’s more, may even go astray. But those who try to observe the things going on in the mind, and always take that which is true in their own minds as their standard; never get muddled.
