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Thag 1.77

Hatthārohaputta

Hatthārohaputtattheragāthā

from: The Book of the Ones

Chapter Eight

Hatthārohaputta

In the past my mind wandered
how it wished, where it liked, as it pleased.
Now I’ll carefully guide it,
as a trainer with a hook guides a rutting elephant.

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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