THE DHAMMAPADA -01

 Manopubbangama dhamma

                             manosettha manomaya

Manasa ce padutthena

                             bhasati va karoti va

Tato nam dukkhamanveti

                             cakkam va vahato padam



Mind is the foreeunner of (all evill) states. Mind is chief; mind-made are they. If one speaks or acts with wicked mind, because of that, suffering follows one, even as the wheel follows the hoof of the draught-ox



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