Adanta Suttas: Untamed

AN 1.31-40

I,iii,1-4 and iv,9-10

(excerpt)

translated from the Pali by

F.L. Woodward

Alternate translation: Thanissaro

31 . "Monks, I know not of any other single thing so intractable as the untamed mind. The untamed mind is indeed a thing untractable.

32 . "Monks, I know not of any other thing so tractable as the tamed mind. The tamed mind is indeed a thing tractable.

33 . "Monks, I know not of any other single thing so conducive to great loss as the untamed mind. The untamed mind indeed conduces to great loss.

34 . "Monks, I know not of any other single thing so conducive to great profit as the tamed mind. The tamed mind indeed conduces to great profit.

39 . "Monks, I know not of any other single thing that brings such woe as the mind that is untamed, uncontrolled, unguarded and unrestrained. Such a mind indeed brings great woe.

40 . "Monks, I know not of any other single thing that brings such bliss as the mind that is tamed, controlled, guarded and restrained. Such a mind indeed brings great bliss."

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