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an.1.29 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

A Single Thing

1.29

“I don’t envision a single thing that, when undeveloped & uncultivated, brings about such suffering & stress as the mind. The mind, when undeveloped & uncultivated, brings about suffering & stress.”

- Translator: Thanissaro Bhikkhu

- Editor: Gabriel Laera


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“Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that, when it’s not developed and cultivated, brings such suffering as the mind.
An undeveloped and uncultivated mind brings suffering.”