Concept of Man or Mind In Hinduism

Compiled by Richard Stoney for Hinduwebsite.com

Man - the mind

Man:

There is the Sanskrit root, man, "to think, meditate, perceive, understand." It is the basis for manu, "thinking, intelligent, mankind" and perhaps "thinking creature" [?]. People are viewed as the ones who are on the road to Enlightenment.
Monier Monier-Williams. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, pp. 783, 784

Suggested Further Reading

• Manu Smriti- The Laws of Manu
• The Bhagavad gita on Mind
• The Bhagavad gita on stable mind
• The Sense Organs
• Mindfulness
• Right Mindedness