Yoga-Vāsiṣṭha 1.16—The Uncontrollable Mind
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2017-08-22

This series is classified Ajata-vāda | Jñāna-yoga | Turīya | Sahasrāra-cakra

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“The vacant mind, O sage, is ever entrapped in its evil desires. It is never at rest with itself, but roams at large like a stray deer separated from its herd. The human mind, as light as the minutest particle, is like an unsteady wave. Therefore it can have no rest in spite of its nature. Disturbed by its thoughts, the mind is tossed in all directions, like the waters of the milk-white ocean when churned by Maṇḍara Mountain. I cannot curb my mind, resembling the vast ocean in its course, subject to huge surges of passions, with whirlpools of error, and beset by the whales of delusion.” — 1.15.4-7

“I am carried away, O sage, by the current of my heart, like a tree on the bank carried away by waters and waves beating upon it. I am led afar by my mind, like straw carried off by a hurricane, either to flutter in the air or fall upon the ground. My earthly-mindedness has put a stop to my desire of crossing over the ocean of the world, as an embankment stops the course of a stream. The baseness of my heart lifts me up and lets me down like a log of wood tied to a rope and dragged in and out of a well.” — 1.15.16-19

“It is more difficult to subdue the mind than to drink the ocean or upset Sumeru Mountain. It is harder than the hardest thing. The mind is the cause of all exertions, and the source of all that senses the three worlds. Its weakness weakens all worldliness, and requires to be cured with care. Our pains and pleasures arise by the hundreds from the mind, like woods growing in groups upon a hill, but no sooner is the scythe of reason applied to them, than they fall off one by one. I am ready to subdue my mind, my greatest enemy in this world, for the purpose of mastering all the virtues, which the learned say depend upon it.” — 1.15.24-27

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