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B0102040104adantavaggo (untamed chapter)

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4. The Untamed Chapter 31. ‘‘I, monks, do not see any other single thing which, being so untamed, leads to great harm, as does, monks, the mind. The mind, monks, being untamed, leads to great harm.’’ The first. 32. ‘‘I, monks, do not see any other single thing which, being so tamed, leads to great benefit, as does, monks, the mind. The mind, monks, being tamed, leads to great benefit.’’ The second. 33. ‘‘I, monks, do not see any other single thing which, being so unguarded, leads to great harm, as does, monks, the mind. The mind, monks, being unguarded, leads to great harm.’’ The third. 34. ‘‘I, monks, do not see any other single thing which, being so guarded, leads to great benefit, as does, monks, the mind. The mind, monks, being guarded, leads to great benefit.’’ The fourth. 35. ‘‘I, monks, do not see any other single thing which, being so unprotected, leads to great harm, as does, monks, the mind. The mind, monks, being unprotected, leads to great harm.’’ The fifth. 36. ‘‘I, monks, do not see any other single thing which, being so protected, leads to great benefit, as does, monks, the mind. The mind, monks, being protected, leads to great benefit.’’ The sixth. 37. ‘‘I, monks, do not see any other single thing which, being so unrestrained, leads to great harm, as does, monks, the mind. The mind, monks, being unrestrained, leads to great harm.’’ The seventh. 38. ‘‘I, monks, do not see any other single thing which, being so restrained, leads to great benefit, as does, monks, the mind. The mind, monks, being restrained, leads to great benefit.’’ …which leads to great benefit. The Eighth. I, bhikkhus, do not see any other single phenomenon which, being thus untamed, unguarded, unprotected, unrestrained, leads to great harm, as does, bhikkhus, the mind. The mind, bhikkhus, untamed, unguarded, unprotected, unrestrained, leads to great harm. The Ninth. I, bhikkhus, do not see any other single phenomenon which, being thus tamed, guarded, protected, restrained, leads to great benefit, as does, bhikkhus, the mind. The mind, bhikkhus, tamed, guarded, protected, restrained, leads to great benefit. The Tenth. The Chapter on the Untamed, the Fourth.

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