Purify Your Own Mind
Do no evil, cultivate good, purify your own mind — this is what the awakened ones taught.
Busy with right actions, am I neglecting the mind from which those actions arise?
📝Reflection
This short verse is said to be the heart of 2,500 years of teaching. Look closely, though, and the first two — do no evil, do good — are universal ethics found in every culture. The truly different line is the last: "purify your own mind." Do not stop at policing actions; clear the very spring from which actions rise. Good deeds done by force do not last. But when the mind is clear, goodness flows without effort. It is the difference between trimming branches and watering the root.
🌱Apply It Today
Before straining to do the right thing today, close your eyes briefly and observe the state of your mind first. Clear water flows from a clear spring.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
