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an.1.40 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

A Single Thing

1.40

“I don’t envision a single thing that—when tamed, guarded, protected, restrained—leads to such great benefit as the mind. The mind—when tamed, guarded, protected, restrained—leads to great benefit.”

- Translator: Thanissaro Bhikkhu

- Editor: Gabriel Laera


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“Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that, when it is tamed, guarded, protected, and restrained, is so very beneficial as the mind.
A tamed, guarded, protected, and restrained mind is very beneficial.”