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an.1.33 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

A Single Thing

1.33

“I don’t envision a single thing that, when unguarded, leads to such great harm as the mind. The mind, when unguarded leads to great harm.”

- Translator: Thanissaro Bhikkhu

- Editor: Gabriel Laera


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“Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that, when it’s not guarded, is so very harmful as the mind.
An unguarded mind is very harmful.”