Mind is everything

Mind is to be mastered well..Those of unsteady mind,
who don’t understand the true teaching,
and whose confidence wavers,
do not perfect their wisdom.

One whose mind is uncorrupted,
whose heart is undamaged,
who’s given up right and wrong,
alert, has nothing to fear.

Knowing this body breaks like a pot,
and fortifying the mind like a citadel,
attack Māra with the sword of wisdom,
guard your conquest, and never settle.

All too soon this body
will lie upon the earth,
bereft of consciousness,
tossed aside like a useless log.

A wrongly directed mind
would do you more harm
than a hater to the hated,
or an enemy to their foe.