Buddhism stresses the importance of elucidating the nature of the mind through direct contemplative experience. Over the centuries it has devised a profound and rigorous approach to understanding mental states and the ultimate nature of mind. The mind is behind every experience in life. It is also what determines the way we see the world. It takes only the slightest change in our minds, in how we deal with mental states and perceive people and things, for “our” world to be turned completely upside-down.

Buddhism stresses the importance of elucidating the nature of the
mind through direct contemplative experience. Over the centuries it has
devised a profound and rigorous approach to understanding mental
states and the ultimate nature of mind. The mind is behind every experience
in life. It is also what determines the way we see the world. It takes
only the slightest change in our minds, in how we deal with mental states
and perceive people and things, for “our” world to be turned completely
upside-down.