MIND : ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL : 10-1.2


Chapter-10. SUDDHA MANAS AND ASUDDHA MANAS-1.

1. THE TWO KINDS OF MIND : 2.


There are two kinds of Buddhi also—Vyavaharic Buddhi and pure Buddhi.

There are two kinds of Aham or Ahankara, viz., Suddha Aham which identifies with Brahman (Sat-Chit-Ananda) and Asuddha Aham which identifies with the body.

There are two kinds of Sankalpa (resolve, conation), viz., Suddha Sankalpa (thoughts of God) and Asuddha Sankalpa (thoughts of body and the world).



The Asuddha Manas which creates Asuddha Sankalpa, the Vyavaharic Buddhi and Asuddha Ahankara—all these three form a vicious circle. These three work in co-operation.

The seed of the mind is Ahankara.

Mind is merely a bundle of thoughts.

Of all thoughts, the ‘I’ thought is the root thought.

It is the first thought also that emanated from the mind.

Therefore, mind is only the thought ‘I’. Buddhi is the basis of Ahankara.

It is Buddhi that forces you to identify yourself with the physical body.

It is Buddhi that creates difference (Bheda) and Nana Bhava (the idea of many in the world).

Next : CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SATTVIC MIND :

Swami Sivananda
To be continued  ...




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