Anguttara Nikąya

1. Ekakanipąta

IV. Adanta Vagga

AN 1.31 ~ AN1.40  :  Not Tamed


31.Bhikkhus, I do not know of a thing that is so harmful as a not tamed mind. A not tamed mind is harmful. This is the first.

32.Bhikkhus, I do not know of a thing that is harmless, as a tamed mind. A tamed mind is harmless. This is the second.

33. Bhikkhus, I do not know of a thing that is so harmful as an uncontrolled mind. An uncontrolled mind is harmful. This is the third

34. Bhikkhus, I do not know of a thing that is so harmless, as a controlled mind. A controlled mind is harmless. This is the fourth.

35.Bhikkhus, I do not know of a thing that is so harmful as an unprotected mind. An unprotected mind is harmful This is the fifth.

36. Bhikkhus, I do not know of a thing that is so harmless, as a protected mind. A protected mind is harmless. This is the sixth

37. Bhikkhus, I do not know of a thing that is so harmful as an unrestrained mind. An unrestrained mind is harmful. This is the seventh

38. Bhikkhus, I do not know of a thing that is so harmless, as a restrained mind. A restrained mind is harmless. This is the eighth.

39.Bhikkhus, I do not know of a thing that is so harmful as a not tamed, not controlled, not protected and not restrained mind.
     A not tamed, not controlled, not protected and not restrained mind is harmful

40. Bhikkhus, I do not know of a thing that is so harmless as a tamed, controlled, protected and restrained mind.
       A tamed, controlled, protected and restrained mind is harmless.