1.48. Quick to Reverse Itself
“I don’t envision a single thing that is as quick to reverse itself as the mind—so much so that there is no feasible simile for how quick to reverse itself it is.”
an.1.48 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)
1.45–46
- Translator: Thanissaro Bhikkhu
- Editor: Gabriel Laera
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“Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that’s as quick to change as the mind.
So much so that it’s not easy to give a simile for how quickly the mind changes.”
“Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that’s as quick to change as the mind.
So much so that it’s not easy to give a simile for how quickly the mind changes.”