Dhp 35

From: Jim Anderson
Message: 2686
Date: 2009-11-09

Dhammapadaṃ, 3. Cittavaggo (Thought), Verse 35

dunniggahassa lahuno | yatthakāmanipātino ||
cittassa damatho sādhu | cittaṃ dantaṃ sukhāvahaṃ || 35 ||

1)

35. It is good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold in and
flighty, rushing wherever it listeth; a tamed mind brings happiness.

-- Translation by F. Max Müller from The Dhammapada, p. 12,
     Vol. X of The Sacred Books of the East, 1881

2)

35. Good is the taming of thought which is hard to grasp. light,
alighting where it will. Tamed thought is the bringer of happiness.

-- Translation by K.R. Norman from The Word of the Doctrine, p. 6,
    The Pali Text Society, 2000

-- posted on the day of the Last Quarter, Novermber 9, 2009



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