2.2 Wisdom and Knowledge Series, post #2. Buddhism, post #1: From the 'Dhammapada'

Wisdom and Knowledge Series, post #2. Buddhism, post #1 (2.2):

From the 'Dhammapada': 

1. Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox. 

2. Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.

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