Hard to elude is the reach of Death. Hard to pass beyond. But they who accord with the Dhamma well taught, they will pass beyond.

The mind is excitable and unsteady; it is difficult to control and restrain. The wise one trains his mind to be upright as a Fletcher straightens an arrow.

One should not consider the faults of others, nor their doing and not doing good or bad deeds. One should consider only whether one has done or not done good or bad deeds.

Mind is the forerunner of states. Mind is chief; mind-made are they. If one speaks or acts with a wicked mind, because of that, suffering follows one, even as the wheel follows the hoof of the ox. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, because of that, happiness follows one, even as one’s shadow that never leaves.

Mindfulness is the way to the Deathless (Nibbana); unmindfulness is the way to Death. Those who are mindful do not die; those who are not mindful are as if already dead.

Hard to elude is the reach of Death. Hard to pass beyond. But they who accord with the Dhamma well taught, they will pass beyond.

The mind is excitable and unsteady; it is difficult to control and restrain. The wise one trains his mind to be upright as a Fletcher straightens an arrow.

One should not consider the faults of others, nor their doing and not doing good or bad deeds. One should consider only whether one has done or not done good or bad deeds.

Mind is the forerunner of states. Mind is chief; mind-made are they. If one speaks or acts with a wicked mind, because of that, suffering follows one, even as the wheel follows the hoof of the ox. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, because of that, happiness follows one, even as one’s shadow that never leaves.

Mindfulness is the way to the Deathless (Nibbana); unmindfulness is the way to Death. Those who are mindful do not die; those who are not mindful are as if already dead.