Taming the Monkey Mind

"The title of the book, Taming the Monkey Mind, was inspired by Lama Yeshe, one of my teachers. He often compared our minds to monkeys: just as monkeys play with an object for a few moments and leave it in boredom and dissatisfaction to look for another thing to amuse them, so too do we run from thought to thought, emotion to emotion, place to place, trying to find some lasting happiness. Always searching for happiness outside ourselves, we overlook the real cause of happiness and unhappiness: our minds. Through taming our monkey minds, we can contact our inner beauty and human potential. This book gives an inkling how this is done."



Ven. Thubten Chodron