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16 August 2020

Turning the Mind Inward



Talks with Sri Ramana
Talk 213

30 June 1936


Mr. B.C. Das asked why the mind cannot be turned inward in spite of repeated attempts.

Maharshi:
It is done by practice and dispassion and  that succeeds only gradually. The mind, having been so long a cow accustomed to graze stealthily on others’ estates, is not easily confined to the stall. However much her keeper tempts her with luscious grass and fine fodder, she refuses the first time; then she  takes a bit; but her innate tendency to stray away asserts itself; and she slips away; on being repeatedly tempted by the owners, she accustoms herself to the stall; finally even if let loose she would not stray away. Similarly with the mind; If once it finds its inner happiness, it will not wander outward.