The Book of Ones

1Monks, I do not see a single thing that, when undeveloped and uncultivated, is as unworkable as the mind. The undeveloped and uncultivated mind is unworkable.

2Monks, I do not see a single thing that, when developed and cultivated, is as workable as the mind. The developed and cultivated mind is workable.

3Monks, I do not see a single thing that brings such suffering as the mind that is untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained.

4Monks, I do not see a single thing that brings such happiness as the mind that is tamed, guarded, protected, and restrained.

5Luminous, monks, is the mind. And it is defiled by incoming defilements. The uninstructed ordinary person does not understand that as it actually is.

6Luminous, monks, is the mind. And it is freed from incoming defilements. The well-instructed noble disciple understands that as it actually is.

7Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness. If a monk keeps pursuing thinking imbued with good will, he abandons thinking imbued with ill will.