The Thinking Heart
December 28, 2018
In Western languages, we have separate words for heart and mind. But in most of the countries where Buddhism has spread, they don’t have separate words. They use one word for both. Even in the ones where they do have two words, like Thai—they have cit for mind and cai for heart—the words are pretty interchangeable. This reflects the Buddha’s insight that there’s really not that clear a dividing line between your heart and your mind. Your emotions have thoughts; your thoughts have emotions.