The relationship between the main mind (Sanskrit: citta) and the mental factors can be described by the following metaphors:
The main mind is like screen in a cinema, and the mental factors are like the images projected on the screen. In this analogy, we typically do not notice the screen because we are so caught up on the images.
The main mind is like a king who sits passively on a throne, and the mental factors are like the king's busy ministers.
Traleg Rinpoche states that the main distinction between the mind and mental factors is that the mind apprehends an object as a whole, whereas mental factors apprehend an object in its particulars.
The mind is the objectiv then, the mental factors are just deterrents, distractions, meaningless fait divers. Isn´t an average life just 70 years of fait divers?
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