Which Occurs First?

[Guest]

Thought or action?

[SkyPanther]

6 minutes ago, TwoDays said:

Thought or action?

From a Buddhist POV:

 

Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox. 

Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow