The Dhammapada - Yamakavagga: Pairs
Written by: Acharya Buddharakkhita
Published on: December 26, 2012
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The Dhammapada
Yamakavagga: Pairs
translated from the Pali
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1. 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.
2. 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.