extraction.dhammapada.thought_shapes_experience

extraction.dhammapada.thought_shapes_experience

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record_id: extraction.dhammapada.thought_shapes_experience
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/dhammapada-max-muller.md
passage_locator:
  label: Chapter I. The Twin-Verses, verses 1-2
  start: 1
  end: 2
  translation: F. Max Muller, Project Gutenberg eBook
canonical_text:
  quote: 'All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on
    our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil
    thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws
    the carriage. All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded
    on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with a
    pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

    '
  language: English
  quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage says all that people are is the result of what they have thought.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: obs:2
  text: The passage says people are founded on thoughts and made up of thoughts.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: Speaking or acting with an evil thought is followed by pain.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:4
  text: Speaking or acting with a pure thought is followed by happiness.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:5
  text: Pain is compared to a wheel following an ox's foot, and happiness is compared
    to a shadow that never leaves.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: person who speaks or acts
  description: A generic person described as speaking or acting with either evil or
    pure thought.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: ethical actor
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The person speaks or acts with a described thought and is followed by pain
    or happiness.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: thought
  literal_form: evil thought; pure thought
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: sym:2
  label: wheel and ox-foot
  literal_form: the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:3
  label: shadow
  literal_form: a shadow that never leaves him
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Thought-led speech and action
  summary: A person speaks or acts from evil or pure thought, and pain or happiness
    follows.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: mind shaping experience
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  basis: The passage explicitly links what people are, what they think, how they speak
    or act, and the results that follow them.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The motif label is provisional and should not be treated as a doctrinal
    summary beyond these verses.
- id: motif:2
  label: moral consequence following action
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The passage presents pain or happiness as following speech or action conditioned
    by evil or pure thought.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The record does not infer a full theory of karma beyond the quoted lines.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: This passage can be compared within the atlas to motifs where inward mental
    orientation shapes outward consequences.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: 'pattern atlas: mind shaping experience'
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: low
  limitations: Corpus-internal candidate only; no historical, linguistic, or cross-tradition
    transmission claim is made.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: quote
  locator: Chapter I. The Twin-Verses, verse 1
  quote_or_summary: 'All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is
    founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts
    with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox
    that draws the carriage.

    '
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/dhammapada-max-muller.md
  rights_note: Public-domain source text.
- id: ev:2
  type: quote
  locator: Chapter I. The Twin-Verses, verse 2
  quote_or_summary: 'All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is
    founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts
    with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

    '
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/dhammapada-max-muller.md
  rights_note: Public-domain source text.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: low
  notes: Literal observations are direct, while motif and comparison language remains
    provisional.
reviewer_status:
  status: draft
  notes: Draft extraction for later human review.
extracted_by: Codex
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: Wave 2 extraction record for Dhammapada thought and consequence passage.