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03 - Thought - The Dhammapada · Sacred Texts Archive

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  Chapter three. Thought, as a flutterer makes straight his arrow, a wise
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  man make straight his trembling and unsteady thought, which is difficult to guard,
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  difficult to hold back. As a fish taken from his watery home and thrown
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  on the dry ground, our thought trembles all over in order to escape the
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  dominion of Mara the Tempter. It is good to tame the mind, which
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  is difficult to hold in and flighty, rushing wherever it listeth. Attained mind
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  brings happiness. Let the wise man guard his thoughts, for they are difficult
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  to perceive, very artful, and they rush wherever they list. Thoughts well
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  guarded bring happiness. Those who bridle their mind, which travels far, moves
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  about alone, is without a body, and hides in the chamber of the
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  heart, will be free from the bonds of Mara the Tempter. If a
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  man's thoughts are unsteady, if he does not know the true law, if
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  his peace of mind is troubled, his knowledge will never be perfect. If
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  a man's thoughts are not dissipated, if his mind is not perplexed, if
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  he has ceased to think of good or evil, then there is no fear
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  for him. While he is watchful, knowing that this body is fragile like
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  a jar, and making this thought firm like a fortress. One should attack
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  Mara the Tempter with the weapon of knowledge. One should watch him when conquer
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  and should never rest before long, alas this body will lie on the earth,
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  despised without understanding, like a useless log. Whatever a hater may do
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  to a hater, or an enemy to an enemy, a wrongly directed mind
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  will do us greater mischief. Not a mother, not a father, will
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  do so much, nor any other relative. A well directed mind will do
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  us greater service. End of Chapter three