Dhp 36
From: Jim Anderson
Message: 2697
Date: 2009-11-16
Dhammapadaṃ, 3. Cittavaggo (Thought), Verse 36
sududdasaṃ sunipuṇaṃ | yatthakāmanipātinaṃ ||
cittaṃ rakkhetha medhāvī | cittaṃ guttaṃ sukhāvahaṃ || 36 ||
1)
36. Let the wise man guard his thoughts, for they are difficult to
perceive, very artful, and they rush wherever they list: thoughts well
guarded bring happiness.
-- Translation by F. Max Müller from The Dhammapada, p. 12,
Vol. X of The Sacred Books of the East, 1881
2)
36. A wise man should guard his thought, which is difficult to see,
extremely subtle, alighting where it will. Guarded 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 New Moon, Novermber 16, 2009