iti.86 Itivuttaka

Practicing In Line With the Teaching

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Regarding a mendicant practicing in line with the teaching, it is in line with the teaching to declare that
this is what it means to practice in line with the teaching. When speaking, they speak in line with the teaching, not against it. When thinking, they think in line with the teaching, not against it. And rejecting both, they meditate staying equanimous, mindful and aware.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“Delighting in the teaching, enjoying the teaching,
contemplating the teaching,
a mendicant who recollects the teaching
doesn’t decline in the true teaching.
Whether walking or standing,
sitting or lying down,
with mind collected inside,
they attain only peace.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.