MINDFULNESS · DHAMMAPADA 192
Remembering What Matters
That is the safe refuge, that is the best refuge; having gone to that refuge, a man is delivered from all pain.
Dhammapada 192 · Chapter 14, The Buddha (The Awakened) · trans. F. Max Müller · Read the full text at Project Gutenberg
Reflection
The verse begins, “That is the safe refuge, that is 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
Where might remembering your intention change the next hour?