Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.62
Translators: sujato and bodhi
Linked Discourses 1.62
7. Addhavagga
7. Oppressed
Cittasutta
Mind Mind
“Kenassu nīyati loko,
“What leads the world on?
“By what is the world led around?
kenassu parikassati;
What drags it around?
By what is it dragged here and there?
Kissassu ekadhammassa,
What is the one thing
What is the one thing that has
sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.
that has everything under its sway?”
All under its control?”
“Cittena nīyati loko,
“The mind leads the world on.
“The world is led around by mind;
cittena parikassati;
The mind drags it around.
By mind it’s dragged here and there.
Cittassa ekadhammassa,
Mind is the one thing
Mind is the one thing that has
sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.
that has everything under its sway.”
All under its control.”