{"id":77013,"date":"2026-08-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/?p=77013"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:31:41","slug":"taming-the-mind-as-skillful-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/nl\/2026\/08\/07\/taming-the-mind-as-skillful-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Taming the Mind as Skillful Means"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"77013\" class=\"elementor elementor-77013\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-835fa41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"835fa41\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9519ecb\" data-id=\"9519ecb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bfe533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8bfe533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Taming the Mind as Skillful Means<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-002e4c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"002e4c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not committing any misdeeds whatsoever<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Practicing virtue in abundance<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taming one\u2019s mind completely <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is the teaching of the Buddha.<br \/><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 -<a href=\"https:\/\/dpr.info\/articles\/the-buddhas-teaching-in-4-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buddha Shakyamuni<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat does \u2018tame\u2019 mean?\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s something that\u2019s too often forgotten,\u201d said the fox. \u201cIt means \u2018to establish connections.\u2019\u201d<br \/><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2014Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lepetitprince.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Little Prince<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A fundamental tenet of Buddhism is that everything is connected. From a certain point of view, the Buddhist path of awakening can be seen as a journey of reestablishing connections with the world, directly experiencing the unlimited interdependence of all phenomena. Why <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">re<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">establish? Because we have forgotten that we are not separate, independent, lasting selves that are discrete and different from others. Instead, we deeply, vastly, and profoundly share this world with everyone, no exceptions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thus, the process of taming\u2014connecting with the true nature of mind\u2014is one of the skillful methods (upaya) of the buddhadharma.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7665a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7665a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Looking for Mind<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c9ec3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c9ec3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the relative level, we must take the time and make the space to authentically bear witness to the bare experience of mind. The magic is in the looking\u2014and the not-finding anything. When we \u201csee\u201d this vibrant emptiness, all that\u2019s left to do is simply relax without any effort.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Throughout the day and night,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Look at your mind.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you look at your mind,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You don\u2019t see anything.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you don\u2019t see anything,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let go and relax.<br \/><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 -<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktgrinpoche.org\/songs\/authentic-way-approach-dharma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jetsun Milarepa<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s my secret. It\u2019s very simple: one only sees clearly with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.<br \/><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 -<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Antoine-de-Saint-Exupery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/a>, The Little Prince<\/p><p>The shapes and colors of our visual field do not evaporate into the void when we directly encounter their interbeing or, from another perspective, their inherent lack of self-existence. They are vivid and bright in the open, spacious, and relaxed nature of our bare awareness. With our physical eyes, we see the relative world of appearances, and through the nonphysical dharma eye that perceives the ultimate nature, we see emptiness\u2014both at once.<\/p><p>Realizing the mind\u2019s nature through repeatedly looking at and taming our own mind is the way of Buddhism. The ground is our unborn capacity to awaken or our buddha nature. The path is taming our mind. The result is waking up or buddhahood.<\/p><p>Through cultivating our awakening heart through aspirations to be of benefit and by performing virtuous actions for ourself and all others, we actualize our true potential. By letting go of our bad and hurtful habits, taking on virtuous ones, and making a sincere connection by becoming familiar with our minds, we proceed along the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shambhala.com\/the-way-of-the-bodhisattva.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bodhisattva path<\/a>. This is what is meant by skillful means.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba484bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba484bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Skillful Methods<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2eda45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2eda45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Here\u2019s a trick I use to make connections and thus tame my mind: Whenever I see a plane flying in the sky, I remember my bodhisattva intention and say out loud, \u201cMay all beings be buddhas.\u201d It\u2019s just a small thing, and seemingly random, but it helps punctuate the predictability of my day, injecting a moment of recollection about what is most important to me.<\/p>\n<p>Another method of taming that I\u2019ve been engaging in lately is to bookend my day with dharma. When I wake up in the morning, I don\u2019t just automatically pick up my phone and start doomscrolling as usual. Instead, I pick up the dharma book on my bedside table and read a passage or two. It\u2019s a nice way to start the day and helps me to disrupt my habitual pattern of phone addiction while also connecting with the teachings of the Buddha as I wake up.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, at the end of the day before I turn out the light to sleep, instead of just going directly from a screen to darkness, I put my phone away and spend time again with my dharma book. This helps provide a more healthy transition to sleep and again plants seeds and cultivates my relationship with the dharma. Starting and ending the day on a dharma note has been refreshing and uplifting for me, and I encourage you to try it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a8710a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a8710a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Taming the Mind<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fa650c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fa650c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think it\u2019s important to note that the process of taming here is not the same as colonization. We are not trying to break, impose, or bend anything to our will. Quite the opposite: We are letting go and relaxing into the depth of our nondual experience, which could even be described as surrendering. I like to contemplate the word <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pioneering<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Again, we are not invading or taking over the mind by force. Rather, taming is more like a bird carrying a seed to a land with rich volcanic soil that is filled with the nutrients to sustain life. If we nurture that seed with the right mix of sun and water, it will flourish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are the bird, the seed, the soil, the sun, the rain, the air, and the gardener. Our mind is naturally imbued with the potential to grow healthy and strong if we stop engaging in the harmful patterns that hold us back. As we calm our mind repeatedly, we can simply relax into who we always have been\u2014awake.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a141c80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a141c80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contemplative Exercise<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cd61db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cd61db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Find a calm, quiet space and sit in a relaxed and uplifted posture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Make a positive aspiration to let go of distraction, engage in meditation, and benefit yourself and others.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pay attention to your sensory and mental experience, but don\u2019t indulge in labeling, judging, or perpetuating thoughts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Look directly at the colors and shapes in your visual field.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Try to see where one ends and another begins, the borders that separate things.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let that engagement go and simply relax.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dedicate any goodness from the session to the well-being of yourself and all beings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d392a00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d392a00\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ff24da2\" data-id=\"ff24da2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7b36f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-35988 elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"b7b36f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Nick-Vail-headshot-298x300.jpeg\" alt=\" Nick Vail\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Nick Vail\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nick Vail is a Karunika (teacher) for Nalandabodhi who lives in Maine.<br \/>\nA single parent, he enjoys quality time with his son, being in nature, playing the guitar, singing, dancing, and meditation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the relative level, we must take the time and make the space to authentically bear witness to the bare experience of mind. 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