Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“It is good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold in and flighty, rushing wherever it listeth; a tamed mind brings happiness.”
- Source
- The Dhammapada
- Date
- ancient
- English wording
- F. Max Müller — Translator · from Pali
Meaning of “It is good to tame the mind, which…”
The verse treats inward steadiness as trained rather than accidental: a mind that is repeatedly brought under wise direction becomes a source of greater stability and happiness.
Where does it come from?
Dhammapada 35, F. Max Müller translation; the wording belongs to the chapter on thought and is preserved as a translated canonical verse rather than attributed to a modern individual author.
