MINDFULNESS · DHAMMAPADA 189
The Care of Attention
But that is not a safe refuge, that is not the best refuge; a man is not delivered from all pains after having gone to that refuge.
Dhammapada 189 · Chapter 14, The Buddha (The Awakened) · trans. F. Max Müller · Read the full text at Project Gutenberg
Reflection
The verse begins, “But that is not a safe refuge, that is not the best refuge.” In its chapter, this image points toward awakening as a lived discipline. Its value is practical when it changes how you meet one choice, relationship, or difficult feeling today. Because this is a historic English translation, test the teaching in experience rather than treating its wording as a demand for belief.
Practice prompt
Choose one routine moment today and give it your full attention.