The Mind is a Field

Welcome dear friend, this is a quiet place to study Thầy's Fifty Verses, and to understand how our mind works.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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4📷Perception

Particulars (5)

7📌Determination

8🌕Mindfulness

9🌟Concentration

10☀️Insight

Indeterminate (4)

49😴Sleepiness

50💭Initial Thought

51🔎Sustained Thought

12😔Inner Shame

13🫥Shame before Others

14🍃Non-Attachment

15💗Non-Aversion

16💡Non-Delusion

18😮‍💨Ease

19🔔Carefulness

20🤍Equanimity

21🤲Non-Harming

Wholesome — added by Thầy (10)

53😌Absence of Anxiety

54⛰️Stability

56❤️‍🩹Compassion

59😄Happiness

60🌿Feverlessness

Primary afflictions (6)

22🐓Attachment

25⚖️Self-Comparison

27👓Wrong View

Unwholesome — added by Thầy (3)

64🕳️Despair

Secondary afflictions (20)

29🪨Resentment

30🤫Concealment

31🗯️Maliciousness

33🪙Selfishness

36🗡️Desire to Harm

38🙈Lack of Inner Shame

39🙉Lack of Shame before Others

40🐒Restlessness

41🦥Drowsiness

42🚫Lack of Faith

43🛋️Laziness

44🌬️Negligence

45🌑Forgetfulness

46✨Dispersion

47🌁Lack of Discernment

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