Mind precedes all things, Mind is their chief, they are mentally produced; If with a corrupted mind, one speaks or acts; Suffering follows them, like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.

Mind precedes all things, mind is their chief; they are mentally produced; If with a pure mind, one speaks or acts; Happiness follows them, like a never-departing shadow.

He insulted me, he hurt me, he defeated me, he robbed me. Those who hold onto resentment do not still their hatred.

He insulted me, he hurt me, he defeated me, he robbed me; Those who let go of resentment, still their hatred.

Hostility is never settled by hostility, in this world at any time; Only by non-hostility is hostility settled, this is an eternal principle.

Others do not realize, that we all must die; But those who do realize this, their conflicts are settled.

Living perceiving the attractive, unrestrained in the senses; Not knowing moderation in eating, lazy and weak in effort; Māra overpowers that one, like the wind overpowers a weak tree.

Living perceiving the unattractive, well-restrained in the senses; Knowing moderation in eating, with faith and with energy aroused; Māra does not overpower that one, like the wind does not overpower a mountain rock.

If one is impure, and wears the bhikkhu's ochre robe; Lacking self-restraint and honesty, they are not worthy of the robe.

One who has discarded impurity, who is virtuous and collected [in mind]; Endowed with self-restraint and honesty, is indeed worthy of the robe.

Those who perceive essence in the essenceless, and see the essential as having no essence; They do not attain the essential, being in the domain of wrong intentions.

And those who know the essential as essential, and the essenceless as essenceless; They attain the essence, being in the domain of right intentions.

Just as a poorly covered house, is penetrated by rain; So is an undeveloped mind, penetrated by passion.

Just as a well-covered house, is not penetrated by rain; So is a fully developed mind, not penetrated by passion.

Herehe sorrows, after death he sorrows, the evil-doer sorrows in both cases; He sorrows, he is troubled, having seen the impurity of his own actions.

Here he is pleased, after death he is pleased, the doer of good deeds is pleased in both cases; He is pleased, he is delighted, having seen the purity of his own actions.

Here he regrets, after death he regrets, the evildoer regrets in both cases; Regrets with the thought "Evil has been done by me", and regrets even more after reaching a bad destination.

Here he is happy, after death he is happy, the doer of good is happy in both cases; He is happy with the thought, "Merit has been done by me", and he is happy even more after reaching a blissful state.

Even if a person speaks many eloquent words, if they do not act accordingly, being negligent; Like a cowherd counting others' cows, they do not partake in the true ascetic life.

Even if a person speaks few eloquent words, If they act according to the Dhamma; Abandoning passion, aversion, and illusion, Clearly comprehending with a well-liberated mind, Not clinging to here or there, They partake in the true ascetic life.