SUNAO MIND

Q: What is a sunao mind?
A: A sunao mind (untrapped mind) is one that serves to grasp the truth.

A sunao mind is not simply a matter of obedience. Rather, sunao in the true sense is much more powerful and positive.

In other words, a sunao mind is one that tries to see things as they are, without being preoccupied with anything and without having your self-mind. Possessing such a mind, we will have the ability to grasp the reality or truth of things. In other words, a sunao mind serves to grasp the truth, that is, the law of nature or law of the universe.

When we are sunao-minded, we can distinguish what we should do and what we shouldn’t do and we can naturally know what we need to do without failing to distinguish right from wrong. By becoming sunao-minded, you can be strong, correct and wise and understand the law of nature that leads to “seisei hatten.”

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10: Wide Heart of Love
A sunao mind is one that makes full use of the broad love and mercy that human beings naturally possess.

9: Knowing Value
A sunao mind is one that recognizes good things as good, and one that can appreciate its value properly.

8: Calmness
A sunao mind is one that can deal with anything calmly and serenely.

7: Flexible
A sunao mind is a mind that is flexible enough to change views and ways of thinking at your own will, so you will be able to cope with things better.

6: Learning from Everything
A sunao mind is one with a spirit of learning from everything and be humble to learn something from it.

5: Knowing what’s right
A sunao mind is one that can see things from a broad perspective and know what’s right.

4: Seeing the Real Issue
A sunao mind is one in which you can see things are as they are, what they really are, and what their real issue is.

3: Tolerance
In the content of sunao mind, there is also a broad spirit of tolerance which allows all things to be tolerated.

2: Listening
A sunao mind is one that listens humbly to everybody and to everything.