Nyanaponika Thera Quotes

Attempts at eliminating the mind’s main defilements—greed, hate and delusion—must fail as long as these defilements find refuge and support in the uncontrolled dim regions of the mind.

Nyanaponika Thera

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• Attempts at eliminating the mind’s main defilements—greed, hate and delusion—must fail as long as these defilements find refuge and support in the uncontrolled dim regions of the mind.

  

  Nyanaponika Thera
  • Mind
  • Fail
  • Defilement