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