Itivuttaka 86

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86. Dhammanudhammapatipannasuttam ( Practicing Dhamma with Righteousness)

This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Monks, with reference to a monk who practices the Dhamma in accordance with the Dhamma(righteousness), it is this way of according with the Dhamma that he should be described as practicing the Dhamma in accordance with the Dhamma. When speaking, he speaks Dhamma and not non-Dhamma. When thinking, he thinks about Dhamma and not about non-Dhamma. Avoiding both these things, he stays dispassionate, attentive(in meditation), wholly alert.”

Dhamma(righteousness) his dwelling, Dhamma his delight, a monk pondering Dhamma, calling Dhamma to mind, doesn’t fall away from true Dhamma. [1] Whether walking, standing, sitting, or lying down —his mind inwardly restrained— he arrives right at peace.

NOTE: 1. This verse = Dhp 364.