Buddhism

SN 1:62 · The Mind (Citta Sutta)

Thai temple painting: Prince Vessantara gives away the white elephant — Vessantara Jātaka, Chapter 2 (Himavanta Forest) · Thai, Rattanakosin, c. 1850–1870 · Walters Art Museum

“By what 	is the world led?
By what 	is it dragged around?
What 	is the one thing
	that has the all
	under its sway?”

“By the mind 	is the world led.
By the mind 	is it dragged around.
The mind 	is the one thing
	that has the all
	under its sway.”

See also: SN 35:23; SN 35:82; Dhp 1–2

Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).