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Yes, it's a very ancient idea. "As we think, so we become." - Buddha
by _mu 1y ago
Yes, it's a very ancient idea.
"As we think, so we become."
- Buddha
- onenite 1y agoThanks, i was about to share the first pair of verses of the Dhammapada (words of the Buddha. … allegedly), which perhaps would have been better than the misattributed quote in my initial comment: Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are mind-made. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts, suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox. . Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are mind-made. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow. Source: https://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhism/dp01/ https://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhism/dp01/