Smart Ananda pointed out many area where the mind were, but the
Buddha deny them all, in Shurangama sutra.
"Now you wish to investigate the
unsurpassed Bodhi and actually discover your nature. You should
answer my questions with a straightforward mind. The Thus Come Ones
of the ten directions escaped birth and death because their minds
were straightforward. Since their minds and words were consistently
that way, from the beginning, through the intermediate stages to
the end, they were never in the least evasive.
"Ánanda, I now ask you: at the time of your initial resolve, which
arose in response to Thus Come Ones thirty-two hallmarks, what was
it that saw those characteristics and who delighted in them?"
Ánanda said to the Buddha, "World Honored One, this is the way I
experienced the delight: I used my mind and eyes. Because my eyes
saw the Thus Come Ones outstanding hallmarks, my mind gave rise to
delight. That is why I became resolved and wished to extricate
myself from birth and death."
The Buddha said to Ánanda, "It is as you say, that experience of
delight actually occurs because of your mind and eyes. If you do
not know where your mind and eyes are, you will not be able to
conquer the wearisome mundane defilements.
"For example, when a country is invaded by thieves and the king
sends out his troops to suppress and banish them, the troops must
know where the thieves are.
"It is the fault of your mind and eyes that you undergo
transmigration. I now ask you specifically about your mind and
eyes: where are they now?"
Ánanda answered the Buddha, "World Honored One, All the ten kinds
of beings in the world alike maintain that the mind-consciousness
dwells within the body; and as I regard the Thus Come Ones eyes
that resemble blue lotuses, they are on the Buddhas face.
"I now observe that these prominent organs, four kinds of defiling
objects, are on my face, and my mind-consciousness actually is
within my body."
The Buddha said to Ánanda, "You are now sitting in the Thus Come
Ones lecture hall. Where is the Jeta Grove that you are gazing
at?"
"World Honored One, this great many-storied pure lecture hall is in
the Garden of the Benefactor of the Solitary. At present the Jeta
Grove is, in fact, outside the hall."
"Ánanda, as you are now in the hall, what do you see first?"
"World Honored One, here in the hall I first see the Thus Come One,
next I see the great assembly, and from there, as I gaze outward, I
see the grove and the garden."
"Ánanda, how are you able to see the grove and the garden."
"World Honored One, since the doors and windows of this great
lecture hall have been thrown open wide, I can be in the hall and
see into the distance."
The Buddha said to Ánanda, "It is as you say. When one is in the
lecture hall and the doors and windows are open wide, one can see
far into the garden and the grove. Could someone in the hall not
see the Thus Come One and yet see outside the hall?"
Ánanda answered: "World Honored One, to be in the hall and not see
the Thus Come One, and yet see the grove and fountains is
impossible."
"Ánanda, you are like that too.
"Your mind is capable of understanding everything thoroughly. Now
if your present mind, which thoroughly understands everything, were
in your body, then you should first be aware of what is inside your
body. Could there be beings that first see the inside of their
bodies before observing external phenomena?
"Even if you cannot see your heart, liver, spleen, and stomach,
still, you should be able to clearly perceive the growing of your
nails and hair, the twist of your sinews, and the throb of your
pulse. Why dont you perceive these things?
If you cannot perceive your internal organs, how could you perceive
what is external to you?
"Therefore you should know that declaring that the aware
and knowing mind is inside the body is an impossible
statement."
to cont reading:
http://www.buddhistinformation.com/shurangama_sutra.htm
Ananda can point out so many area, ie consider very smart already.
nowaday, ppl don't even have His standard.
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