Understanding the Mind: Characteristics and Defilements
the third is thought or conceptualization, and the fourth is wisdom, or merging this new awareness into our pool of accumulated knowledge we already have stored.
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…ing. Defilements are described as refined filthy elements that cloud the mind, drawing us away from clarity and wisdom. The text highlights thirteen characteristics of the mind, such as its speed, tendency t…