We are our thoughts of yesterday
Tomorrow we will be of today.
Our mind creats our life -
If maligned, suffering will follow
Like a cart's wheels following
The steps of the beast.
If pure, like a shadow
Happiness will follow you. (1-2)
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Versified from the following:
Dhp I PTS: Dhp 1-20
Yamakavagga: Pairs
translated from the Pali by
Acharya Buddharakkhita
1. Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
2. Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.
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