BUDDHA SPEAKS
“I am”, …… ………….is a vain thought;
“I am not”.. ………….is a vain thought;
“I shall be”.. …………is a vain thought;
“I shall not be”……… is a vain thought.
Vain thoughts are a sickness, an ulcer, a thorn. But after overcoming all vain thoughts, one is called a silent thinker.
And the thinker, the Silent One, does no more arise, no more pass away, no more tremble, no more desire.
***Majjhima Nikaya Sutta 140.