Linked Discourses 45.27 Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.27
3. The Wrong Way 3. Micchattavagga

Pots Kumbhasutta

At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“A pot without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn. “Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kumbho anādhāro suppavattiyo hoti, sādhāro duppavattiyo hoti; In the same way, a mind without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn. evameva kho, bhikkhave, cittaṁ anādhāraṁ suppavattiyaṁ hoti, sādhāraṁ duppavattiyaṁ hoti.

And what’s the stand for the mind? Ko ca, bhikkhave, cittassa ādhāro? It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is: Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṁ—right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. This is the stand for the mind. Ayaṁ cittassa ādhāro.

A pot without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kumbho anādhāro suppavattiyo hoti, sādhāro duppavattiyo hoti; In the same way, a mind without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn.” evameva kho, bhikkhave, cittaṁ anādhāraṁ suppavattiyaṁ hoti, sādhāraṁ duppavattiyaṁ hotī”ti.

Sattamaṁ.

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Pāli Text

Linked Discourses 45.27
3. The Wrong Way

Pots

At Sāvatthī.

“A pot without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn. In the same way, a mind without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn.

And what’s the stand for the mind? It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is: right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. This is the stand for the mind.

A pot without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn. In the same way, a mind without a stand is easy to overturn, but if it has a stand it’s hard to overturn.”

Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.27
3. Micchattavagga

Kumbhasutta

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kumbho anādhāro suppavattiyo hoti, sādhāro duppavattiyo hoti; evameva kho, bhikkhave, cittaṁ anādhāraṁ suppavattiyaṁ hoti, sādhāraṁ duppavattiyaṁ hoti.

Ko ca, bhikkhave, cittassa ādhāro? Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. Ayaṁ cittassa ādhāro.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kumbho anādhāro suppavattiyo hoti, sādhāro duppavattiyo hoti; evameva kho, bhikkhave, cittaṁ anādhāraṁ suppavattiyaṁ hoti, sādhāraṁ duppavattiyaṁ hotī”ti.

Sattamaṁ.