Filosofia Budista

“The fact that we possess something called “mind” or “consciousness” is quite obvious, since our experience testifies to its presence. Then i tis also evident, again from our own experience, that what we call “mind” or “consciousness” is something which is subject to change when it is exposed to different conditions and circumstances. This shows us its moment-to-moment nature, its susceptibility to change. … Buddhism believes in universal causation, that everything is subject to change, and to causes and conditions. So there is no place given to a divine creator, nor to beings who are self-crated; rather does everything arise as a consequence of causes and conditions. So mind, or consciousness, too comes into being as a result of its previous instants.”

Sogyal Rinpoche, The continuity of mind, Evolution, Karma and Rebirth, The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying, Rider, London, 2002.