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4. The Chapter on the Untamed

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0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 1

The Numerical Discourses 1

0.24. Adantavagga

4. The Chapter on the Untamed

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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ adantaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.

"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single thing that, when untamed, leads to such great harm as this — the mind [citta].

1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, adantaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when untamed, leads to great harm."

1.3Paṭhamaṁ.

The first.

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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ dantaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.

"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single thing that, when tamed, leads to such great benefit as this — the mind [citta].

1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, dantaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when tamed, leads to great benefit."

1.3Dutiyaṁ.

The second.

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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ aguttaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.

"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single thing that, when unguarded, leads to such great harm as this — the mind [citta].

1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, aguttaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when unguarded, leads to great harm."

1.3Tatiyaṁ.

The third.

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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ guttaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.

"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single thing that, when guarded, leads to such great benefit as this — the mind [citta].

1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, guttaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when guarded, leads to great benefit."

1.3Catutthaṁ.

The fourth.

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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ arakkhitaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.

"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single thing that, when unprotected, leads to such great harm as this — the mind [citta].

1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, arakkhitaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when unprotected, leads to great harm."

1.3Pañcamaṁ.

The fifth.

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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ rakkhitaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.

"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single thing that, when protected, leads to such great benefit as this — the mind [citta].

1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, rakkhitaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when protected, leads to great benefit."

1.3Chaṭṭhaṁ.

The sixth.

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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ asaṁvutaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.

"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single thing that, when unrestrained, leads to such great harm as this — the mind [citta].

1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, asaṁvutaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when unrestrained, leads to great harm."

1.3Sattamaṁ.

The seventh.

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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ saṁvutaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.

"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single thing that, when restrained, leads to such great benefit as this — the mind [citta].

1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁvutaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when restrained, leads to great benefit."

1.3Aṭṭhamaṁ.

The eighth.

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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ adantaṁ aguttaṁ arakkhitaṁ asaṁvutaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.

"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single thing that, when untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained, leads to such great harm as this — the mind [citta].

1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, adantaṁ aguttaṁ arakkhitaṁ asaṁvutaṁ mahato anatthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained, leads to great harm."

1.3Navamaṁ.

The ninth.

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1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ dantaṁ guttaṁ rakkhitaṁ saṁvutaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, cittaṁ.

"I do not see, bhikkhus, any other single thing that, when tamed, guarded, protected, and restrained, leads to such great benefit as this — the mind [citta].

1.2Cittaṁ, bhikkhave, dantaṁ guttaṁ rakkhitaṁ saṁvutaṁ mahato atthāya saṁvattatī”ti.

The mind [citta], bhikkhus, when tamed, guarded, protected, and restrained, leads to great benefit."

1.3Dasamaṁ.

The tenth.

1.4Adantavaggo catuttho.

The Chapter on the Untamed, the fourth.