An idea from The Way of the Bodhisattva

Your real enemies are anger and craving. They have no hands, no feet and no cleverness, yet they’ve made you their servant. They live inside your mind. Look for where they stay and you can’t find it, in the object, the senses, or anywhere between.

From The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva

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