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Dhammapada 3.2.35

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 3.2.35

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3.2.35

‘‘Dunniggahassa lahuno, yatthakāmanipātino;
Cittassa damatho sādhu, cittaṃ dantaṃ sukhāvaha’’nti.

35. Thoughts are unruly and flighty, and flit and flutter wherever they list.
It is a good thing to tame the thoughts; tamed thoughts bring happiness.

Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)

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