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. He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me. Those who do not harbor such thoughts still their hatred.