The Pairs Translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita. For free distribution only.
Mind precedes all mental states.
If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox. Mind precedes all mental states. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow 3. He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me. Those who harbor such thoughts do not still their hatred.