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Dhammapada · 1.1

Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā;Manasā ce paduṭṭhena, bhāsati vā karoti vā;Tato naṃ dukkhamanveti, cakkaṃva vahato padaṃ.

Manopubbangama dhamma, manosettha manomaya; Manasa ce padutthena, bhasati va karoti va; Tato nam dukkhamanveti, cakkamva vahato padam.

Mind precedes all mental states; mind is their chief, they are mind-made. If with a corrupted mind a person speaks or acts, suffering follows them as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the cart.

— Dhammapada 1.1

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.

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