Saɱyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
45. Magga Saɱyutta
3. Micchatta Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
The Great Book,
Chapter I (45): Connected Discourses on the Path
3: Wrongness
Sutta 27
Kumbha Suttaɱ
The Pot
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Bhikkhus, just as a pot without a stand is easily knocked over, while one with a stand is difficult to knock over, so the mind without a stand is easily knocked over, while the mind with a stand is difficult to knock over.
"And what, bhikkhus, is the stand of the mind?
It is this Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view ... right concentration.
This is the stand of the mind.
"Bhikkhus, just as a pot ... so the mind without a stand is easily knocked over, while the mind with a stand is difficult to knock over."
