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Thought precedes all phenomena.
It rules them, it causes them.
Whoever speaks or acts with a bad thought,
Suffering follow them step by step,
As the wheel follows the ox's hoof.
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| Dhammapada | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (The Way of the Law) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Written in the Pali language by the Theravada school of Buddhism for the Buddhist monks a few centuries after Buddha's death. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| I. THE TWIN VERSES 1 Thought precedes all phenomena. It rules them, it causes them. Whoever speaks or acts with a bad thought, Suffering follow them step by step, As the wheel follows the ox's hoof. |
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| May the Dhammapada be helpful to all in difficult times and may it allow those who read it to find inner peace. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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