“By what is the world led around?
By what is it dragged here and there?
What is the one thing that has
All under its control?”“The world is led around by mind;
By mind it’s dragged here and there.
Mind is the one thing that has
All under its control.”
sn.1.62 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)
Mind
- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Editor: Blake Walsh
Mind
“What leads the world on?What drags it around?
What is the one thing
that has everything under its sway?”
“The mind leads the world on.
The mind drags it around.
Mind is the one thing
that has everything under its sway.”