Recognizing the mind as a trilakshana

Recognizing the mind as a trilakshana (impermanent, unsatisfactory, and not-self) nature, thus letting go of the mind.

To let go of the mind, you must see the mind as trilakshana (impermanent, unsatisfactory, and not-self). If you don't see the mind as trilakshana, it won't let go. It's like when we let go of the body; we see the body fall under the trilakshana, not right, suffering, not-self. It lets go. The mind is the same. If we don't see it as not right, suffering, not-self, it won't let go. If we see it, then it will let go. That's why we practice to observe the mind. We come to see one mind arise, one mind cease day and night. Happy mind arises and ceases, suffering mind arises and ceases, good mind arises and ceases, unwholesome mind arises and ceases, all types of minds arise and cease.

The mind that goes to see, arises and ceases. The mind that goes to listen, arises and ceases. The mind that goes to smell, the mind that goes to taste, the mind that goes to touch, all arise and cease. The mind that thinks and reflects, it arises and ceases. At the point where it goes to think and reflect, sometimes it becomes a happy mind, sometimes a suffering mind, sometimes a good mind, and sometimes an unwholesome, angry, or deluded mind. But all these kinds of minds arise and cease. If we see it like this, at one point, it will let go. When it lets go, there is nothing left to hold on to.