Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)
Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with a discussion of their meaning and their collection.
Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with a discussion of their meaning and their collection.
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12: The Chapter about the Self – 67<br />
Yassa accantadussīlyaṁ, māluvā Sālam-ivotataṁ,<br />
The one who has an exceeding lack of virtue, like a deadly creeper covering a Sal tree,<br />
karoti so tathattānaṁ yathā naṁ icchatī diso. [162]<br />
makes himself the same as his enemy wishes him to be.<br />
Sukarāni asādhūni, attano ahitāni ca,<br />
Easily done are things not good, and unbeneficial for oneself,<br />
yaṁ ve hitañ-ca sādhuñ-ca taṁ ve paramadukkaraṁ. [163]<br />
but that which is beneficial and good is supremely hard to do.<br />
Yo sāsanaṁ arahataṁ Ar i yānaṁ <strong>Dhamma</strong>jīvinaṁ<br />
* Whoever reviles the worthy teaching of the Noble Ones who live by <strong>Dhamma</strong>,<br />
paṭikkosati dummedho diṭṭhiṁ nissāya pāpikaṁ,<br />
that stupid one, depending on wicked views,<br />
phalāni kaṭṭhakasseva attaghaññāya phallati. [164]<br />
like the bamboo when it bears fruit, brings about his own destruction. 1<br />
Attanā va kataṁ pāpaṁ, attanā saṅkilissati,<br />
By oneself alone is a wicked deed done, by oneself is one defiled,<br />
attanā akataṁ pāpaṁ, attanā va visujjhati,<br />
by oneself is a wicked deed left undone, by oneself is one purified,<br />
suddhī asuddhī paccattaṁ, nāñño aññaṁ visodhaye. [165]<br />
purity and impurity come from oneself, (for) no one can purify another.<br />
Atta-d-atthaṁ paratthena bahunā pi na hāpaye;<br />
One should not neglect one’s own good for another’s, however great;<br />
atta-d-attham-abhiññāya sa-d-atthapasuto siyā. [166]<br />
knowing what is good for oneself one should be intent on that good.<br />
Attavaggo Dvādasamo<br />
The Chapter about the Self, the Twelfth<br />
1<br />
The bamboo flowers only after a very great length of time (often 60+ years or more), and then<br />
dies.