Thoughtfulness is their dam.

Excerpt

‘Whatever streams there are in the world, O Ajita,’ so said Bhagavat, ‘thoughtfulness is their dam; thoughtfulness I call the restraint of the streams; by understanding they are shut off.’

Source Sutta-Nipâta, Pârâyanavagga, v. 1022-1035 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to the Sutta-Nipāta, the Buddha answers his disciple Ajita that the “streams” of the world, the desires and passions that carry the mind away, are held back by attention as by a dam, and calmed by understanding. Today, each time a desire or an anger sweeps you along, pause for one breath, name what is happening in you, and let the stream slow down.

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