Quivering, wavering, hard to guard,to hold in check: the mind.The sage makes it straight Ñlike a fletcher,the shaft of an arrow.– Dhammapada III. Cittavagga: The Mind :: Verse 33

Through heedfulness, Indra wonto lordship over the gods.Heedfulness is praised,heedlessness censured Ñalways.– Dhammapada II. Appamadavagga: Heedfulness :: Verse 30

Like a fishpulled from its home in the water& thrown on land:this mind flips & flaps aboutto escape Mara’s sway.– Dhammapada III. Cittavagga: The Mind :: Verse 34

Hard to hold down, nimble,alighting wherever it likes:the mind.Its taming is good.The mind well-tamed brings ease.– Dhammapada III. Cittavagga: The Mind :: Verse 35

So hard to see,so very, very subtle,alighting wherever it likes:the mind.The wise should guard it.The mind protected brings ease.– Dhammapada III. Cittavagga: The Mind :: Verse 36

Wandering far, going alone, bodiless,lying in a cave: the mind.Those who restrain it:from Mara’s bondsthey’ll be freed.– Dhammapada III. Cittavagga: The Mind :: Verse 37

For a person of unsteady mind,not knowing true Dhamma,serenityset adrift:discernment doesn’t grow full.– Dhammapada III. Cittavagga: The Mind :: Verse 38

For a person of unsoddened mind,unassaulted awareness,abandoning merit & evil,wakeful,there is no dangerno fear.– Dhammapada III. Cittavagga: The Mind :: Verse 39

If he recites many teachings, but Ñ heedless man Ñdoesn’t do what they say,like a cowherd counting the cattle of others,he has no share in the contemplative life.– Dhammapada I. Twin Verses (Yamaka Vagga) :: Verse 19

As rain seeps into an ill-thatched hut,so passion, the undeveloped mind.– Dhammapada I. Twin Verses (Yamaka Vagga) :: Verse 13