The flickering, fickle
mind, difficult to guard, difficult to control -- the wise person straightens
it as a fletcher straightens an arrow. ( DHAMMAPADA 33)
The mind is very hard
to perceive, extremely subtle, flits wherever it listeth.
Let the wise person
guard it; a guarded mind is conductive to happiness. (36)
Faring far, wandering
alone, bodiless, lying in a cave, is the mind.
Those who subdue it, are
freed from the bond of Maara. ( 37)
He whose mind is not
steadfast,
He who knows not the
true doctrine,
He whose confidence
wavers,
The wisdom of such a
one will never be perfect. (38)
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