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Originally Posted by jonesboy
In Theravada
The mind is something more radiant than anything else can be, but because counterfeits – passing defilements – come and obscure it, it loses its radiance, like the sun when obscured by clouds. Don’t go thinking that the sun goes after the clouds. Instead, the clouds come drifting along and obscure the sun.
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I think that line is wrong. It makes no sense as written. It could be:
Don’t go thinking that the sun creates the clouds.
So it would read:
The mind is something more radiant than anything else can be, but because counterfeits – passing defilements – come and obscure it, it loses its radiance, like the sun when obscured by clouds. Don’t go thinking that the sun creates the clouds. Instead, the clouds come drifting along and obscure the sun.