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03 - Thought - The Dhammapada · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: Chapter three. Thought, as a flutterer makes straight his arrow,
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  Speaker 1: a wise man make straight his trembling and unsteady thought,
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  Speaker 1: which is difficult to guard, difficult to hold back. As
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  Speaker 1: a fish taken from his watery home and thrown on
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  Speaker 1: the dry ground, our thought trembles all over in order
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  Speaker 1: to escape the dominion of Mara the Tempter. It is
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  Speaker 1: good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold
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  Speaker 1: in and flighty, rushing wherever it listeth. Attained mind brings happiness.
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  Speaker 1: Let the wise man guard his thoughts, for they are
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  Speaker 1: difficult to perceive, very artful, and they rush wherever they list.
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  Speaker 1: Thoughts well guarded bring happiness. Those who bridle their mind,
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  Speaker 1: which travels far, moves about alone, is without a body,
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  Speaker 1: and hides in the chamber of the heart, will be
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  Speaker 1: free from the bonds of Mara the Tempter. If a
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  Speaker 1: man's thoughts are unsteady, if he does not know the
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  Speaker 1: true law, if his peace of mind is troubled, his
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  Speaker 1: knowledge will never be perfect. If a man's thoughts are
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  Speaker 1: not dissipated, if his mind is not perplexed, if he
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  Speaker 1: has ceased to think of good or evil, then there
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  Speaker 1: is no fear for him. While he is watchful, knowing
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  Speaker 1: that this body is fragile like a jar, and making
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  Speaker 1: this thought firm like a fortress. One should attack Mara
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  Speaker 1: the Tempter with the weapon of knowledge. One should watch
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  Speaker 1: him when conquer and should never rest before long, alas
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  Speaker 1: this body will lie on the earth, despised without understanding,
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  Speaker 1: like a useless log. Whatever a hater may do to
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  Speaker 1: a hater, or an enemy to an enemy, a wrongly
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  Speaker 1: directed mind will do us greater mischief. Not a mother,
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  Speaker 1: not a father, will do so much, nor any other relative.
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  Speaker 1: A well directed mind will do us greater service. End
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  Speaker 1: of Chapter three