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Kumbhasutta

Pots

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kumbho anādhāro suppavattiyo hoti, sādhāro duppavattiyo hoti;
“A pot without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn.

evameva kho, bhikkhave, cittaṁ anādhāraṁ suppavattiyaṁ hoti, sādhāraṁ duppavattiyaṁ hoti.
In the same way, a mind without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn.

Ko ca, bhikkhave, cittassa ādhāro?
And what’s the stand for the mind?

Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṁ—
It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:

sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.
right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.

Ayaṁ cittassa ādhāro.
This is the stand for the mind.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kumbho anādhāro suppavattiyo hoti, sādhāro duppavattiyo hoti;
A pot without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn.

evameva kho, bhikkhave, cittaṁ anādhāraṁ suppavattiyaṁ hoti, sādhāraṁ duppavattiyaṁ hotī”ti.
In the same way, a mind without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn.”

Sattamaṁ.