dhp33:0.1Minor Collection
dhp33:0.2Sayings of the Dhamma 33–43
dhp33:0.33. The Mind
dhp33:1The mind quivers and quakes,
dhp33:2hard to guard, hard to curb.
dhp33:3The discerning straighten it out,
dhp33:4like a fletcher an arrow.
dhp34:1Like a fish pulled from the sea
dhp34:2and cast upon the shore,
dhp34:3this mind flounders about,
dhp34:4trying to throw off Māra’s dominion.
dhp35:1Hard to hold back, flighty,
dhp35:2alighting where it will;
dhp35:3it’s good to tame the mind;
dhp35:4a tamed mind leads to bliss.
dhp36:1So hard to see, so subtle,
dhp36:2alighting where it will;
dhp36:3the discerning protect the mind,
dhp36:4a guarded mind leads to bliss.
dhp37:1The mind travels far, wandering alone;
dhp37:2incorporeal, it lies hidden in the heart.
dhp37:3Those who will restrain the mind
dhp37:4are freed from Māra’s bonds.
dhp38:1Those of unsteady mind,
dhp38:2who don’t understand the true teaching,
dhp38:3and whose confidence wavers,
dhp38:4do not perfect their wisdom.
dhp39:1One whose mind is not festering,
dhp39:2whose heart is undamaged,
dhp39:3who’s given up right and wrong,
dhp39:4alert, has nothing to fear.
dhp40:1Knowing this body breaks like a pot,
dhp40:2and fortifying the mind like a citadel,
dhp40:3attack Māra with the sword of wisdom,
dhp40:4guard your conquest, and never settle.
dhp41:1All too soon this body
dhp41:2will lie upon the earth,
dhp41:3bereft of consciousness,
dhp41:4tossed aside like a worthless log.
dhp42:1A wrongly directed mind
dhp42:2would do you more harm
dhp42:3than a hater to the hated,
dhp42:4or an enemy to their foe.
dhp43:1A rightly directed mind
dhp43:2would do you more good
dhp43:3than your mother or father
dhp43:4or any other relative.