{"id":"dhp33-43","title":"3. The Mind","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dhp33-43","title":"3. The Mind","units":[{"id":"dhp33:0","sourceIds":["dhp33:0.1","dhp33:0.2","dhp33:0.3","dhp33:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakanikāya\nDhammapada\nCittavagga\nMeghiyattheravatthu","en":"Minor Collection\nSayings of the Dhamma 33–43\n3. The Mind"}},{"id":"dhp33:1","sourceIds":["dhp33:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Phandanaṁ capalaṁ cittaṁ,","en":"The mind quivers and quakes,"}},{"id":"dhp33:2","sourceIds":["dhp33:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"dūrakkhaṁ dunnivārayaṁ;","en":"hard to guard, hard to curb."}},{"id":"dhp33:3","sourceIds":["dhp33:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ujuṁ karoti medhāvī,","en":"The discerning straighten it out,"}},{"id":"dhp33:4","sourceIds":["dhp33:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"usukārova tejanaṁ.","en":"like a fletcher an arrow."}},{"id":"dhp34:1","sourceIds":["dhp34:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vārijova thale khitto,","en":"Like a fish pulled from the sea"}},{"id":"dhp34:2","sourceIds":["dhp34:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"okamokataubbhato;","en":"and cast upon the shore,"}},{"id":"dhp34:3","sourceIds":["dhp34:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pariphandatidaṁ cittaṁ,","en":"this mind flounders about,"}},{"id":"dhp34:4","sourceIds":["dhp34:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"māradheyyaṁ pahātave.","en":"trying to throw off Māra’s dominion."}},{"id":"dhp35:0","sourceIds":["dhp35:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aññatarabhikkhuvatthu"}},{"id":"dhp35:1","sourceIds":["dhp35:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dunniggahassa lahuno,","en":"Hard to hold back, flighty,"}},{"id":"dhp35:2","sourceIds":["dhp35:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"yatthakāmanipātino;","en":"alighting where it will;"}},{"id":"dhp35:3","sourceIds":["dhp35:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cittassa damatho sādhu,","en":"it’s good to tame the mind;"}},{"id":"dhp35:4","sourceIds":["dhp35:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"cittaṁ dantaṁ sukhāvahaṁ.","en":"a tamed mind leads to bliss."}},{"id":"dhp36:0","sourceIds":["dhp36:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aññataraukkaṇṭhitabhikkhuvatthu"}},{"id":"dhp36:1","sourceIds":["dhp36:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sududdasaṁ sunipuṇaṁ,","en":"So hard to see, so subtle,"}},{"id":"dhp36:2","sourceIds":["dhp36:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"yatthakāmanipātinaṁ;","en":"alighting where it will;"}},{"id":"dhp36:3","sourceIds":["dhp36:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cittaṁ rakkhetha medhāvī,","en":"the discerning protect the mind,"}},{"id":"dhp36:4","sourceIds":["dhp36:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"cittaṁ guttaṁ sukhāvahaṁ.","en":"a guarded mind leads to bliss."}},{"id":"dhp37:0","sourceIds":["dhp37:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅgharakkhitabhāgineyyattheravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp37:1","sourceIds":["dhp37:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dūraṅgamaṁ ekacaraṁ,","en":"The mind travels far, wandering alone;"}},{"id":"dhp37:2","sourceIds":["dhp37:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"asarīraṁ guhāsayaṁ;","en":"incorporeal, it lies hidden in the heart."}},{"id":"dhp37:3","sourceIds":["dhp37:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye cittaṁ saṁyamissanti,","en":"Those who will restrain the mind"}},{"id":"dhp37:4","sourceIds":["dhp37:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"mokkhanti mārabandhanā.","en":"are freed from Māra’s bonds."}},{"id":"dhp38:0","sourceIds":["dhp38:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cittahatthattheravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp38:1","sourceIds":["dhp38:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anavaṭṭhitacittassa,","en":"Those of unsteady mind,"}},{"id":"dhp38:2","sourceIds":["dhp38:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"saddhammaṁ avijānato;","en":"who don’t understand the true teaching,"}},{"id":"dhp38:3","sourceIds":["dhp38:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pariplavapasādassa,","en":"and whose confidence wavers,"}},{"id":"dhp38:4","sourceIds":["dhp38:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"paññā na paripūrati.","en":"do not perfect their wisdom."}},{"id":"dhp39:1","sourceIds":["dhp39:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anavassutacittassa,","en":"One whose mind is not festering,"}},{"id":"dhp39:2","sourceIds":["dhp39:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"ananvāhatacetaso;","en":"whose heart is undamaged,"}},{"id":"dhp39:3","sourceIds":["dhp39:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puññapāpapahīnassa,","en":"who’s given up right and 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vatayaṁ kāyo,","en":"All too soon this body"}},{"id":"dhp41:2","sourceIds":["dhp41:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"pathaviṁ adhisessati;","en":"will lie upon the earth,"}},{"id":"dhp41:3","sourceIds":["dhp41:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Chuddho apetaviññāṇo,","en":"bereft of consciousness,"}},{"id":"dhp41:4","sourceIds":["dhp41:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"niratthaṁva kaliṅgaraṁ.","en":"tossed aside like a worthless log."}},{"id":"dhp42:0","sourceIds":["dhp42:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nandagopālakavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp42:1","sourceIds":["dhp42:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Diso disaṁ yaṁ taṁ kayirā,","en":"A wrongly directed mind"}},{"id":"dhp42:2","sourceIds":["dhp42:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"verī vā pana verinaṁ;","en":"would do you more harm"}},{"id":"dhp42:3","sourceIds":["dhp42:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Micchāpaṇihitaṁ cittaṁ,","en":"than a hater to the hated,"}},{"id":"dhp42:4","sourceIds":["dhp42:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"pāpiyo naṁ tato 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Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}