DHAMMAPADA a practical guide to right living
Translated by the Venerable Sri Acharya Buddharakkhita
CHAPTER 1: THE PAIR
(10 pairs)
- 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.
- 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.
