January 11, 2020 at 5:23 am
#26346
sybe07
Spectator
If there would be no control at all, purification of mind would be impossible. We would have to follow any upcoming impulse. But we do not have to do that. We can practice satipatthana.
There is some control over the mind and arising phenomena.
Moreover, this control grows when the mind becomes more purified. A buddha can even transform his body, duplicate it, can travel, can transform in the elements etc.