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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 33–43
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Cittavagga
3. The Mind
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Phandanaṁ capalaṁ cittaṁ,
The mind quivers and shakes,
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dūrakkhaṁ dunnivārayaṁ;
hard to guard, hard to curb.
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Ujuṁ karoti medhāvī,
The discerning straighten it out,
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usukārova tejanaṁ.
like a fletcher straightens an arrow.
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Vārijova thale khitto,
Like a fish pulled from the sea
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okamokataubbhato;
and cast upon the shore,
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Pariphandatidaṁ cittaṁ,
this mind flounders about,
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māradheyyaṁ pahātave.
trying to throw off Māra’s dominion.
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Dunniggahassa lahuno,
Hard to hold back, flighty,
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yatthakāmanipātino;
alighting where it will;
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Cittassa damatho sādhu,
it’s good to tame the mind;
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cittaṁ dantaṁ sukhāvahaṁ.
a tamed mind leads to bliss.
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Aññataraukkaṇṭhitabhikkhuvatthu
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Sududdasaṁ sunipuṇaṁ,
So hard to see, so subtle,
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yatthakāmanipātinaṁ;
alighting where it will;
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Cittaṁ rakkhetha medhāvī,
the discerning protect the mind,
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cittaṁ guttaṁ sukhāvahaṁ.
a guarded mind leads to bliss.
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Saṅgharakkhitabhāgineyyattheravatthu
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Dūraṅgamaṁ ekacaraṁ,
The mind travels far, wandering alone;
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asarīraṁ guhāsayaṁ;
incorporeal, it lies hidden in the heart.
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Ye cittaṁ saṁyamissanti,
Those who will restrain the mind
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mokkhanti mārabandhanā.
are freed from Māra’s bonds.
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Cittahatthattheravatthu
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Anavaṭṭhitacittassa,
Those of unsteady mind,
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saddhammaṁ avijānato;
who don’t understand the true teaching,
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Pariplavapasādassa,
and whose confidence wavers,
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paññā na paripūrati.
do not perfect their wisdom.
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Anavassutacittassa,
One whose mind is not festering,
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ananvāhatacetaso;
whose heart is undamaged,
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Puññapāpapahīnassa,
who’s given up right and wrong,
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natthi jāgarato bhayaṁ.
alert, has nothing to fear.
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Kumbhūpamaṁ kāyamimaṁ viditvā,
Knowing this body breaks like a pot,
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Nagarūpamaṁ cittamidaṁ ṭhapetvā;
and fortifying the mind like a citadel,
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Yodhetha māraṁ paññāvudhena,
attack Māra with the sword of wisdom,
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Jitañca rakkhe anivesano siyā.
guard your conquest, and never settle.
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Pūtigattatissattheravatthu
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Aciraṁ vatayaṁ kāyo,
All too soon this body
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pathaviṁ adhisessati;
will lie upon the earth,
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Chuddho apetaviññāṇo,
bereft of consciousness,
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niratthaṁva kaliṅgaraṁ.
tossed aside like a worthless log.
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Diso disaṁ yaṁ taṁ kayirā,
A wrongly directed mind
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verī vā pana verinaṁ;
would do you more harm
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Micchāpaṇihitaṁ cittaṁ,
than a hater to the hated,
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pāpiyo naṁ tato kare.
or an enemy to their foe.
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Na taṁ mātā pitā kayirā,
A rightly directed mind
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aññe vāpi ca ñātakā;
would do you more good
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Sammāpaṇihitaṁ cittaṁ,
than your mother or father
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seyyaso naṁ tato kare.
or any other relative.
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