๐๐ Question: If one does not have the power to choose sensation, where is the power to choose equanimity?
Goenkaji: "That power lies in the part of the mind which is cognizing.
This part of the mind is always equanimous.
It has become so weak that the fourth part of the mind which reacts overpowers you.
Now by Vipassana this power gains its strength, and this part, if it becomes strong, the second, the third, the fourth, they all become gradually weak.
And this pure consciousness which is not reacting will become the mind's true nature.
So that is the true nature of the first part, vinnana. It remains very pure, so it is regaining its own nature."๐๐
The four mental aggregates of which a human being is composed:
1) "- viรฑรฑฤna: consciousness
2) - saรฑรฑฤ: perception
3) - vedanฤ: sensation
4) - sankhฤra: reaction; mental conditioning"
~ Guidelines for Practising Vipassana Meditation
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