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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 157–166
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Attavagga
12. The Self
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Bodhirājakumāravatthu
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Attānañce piyaṁ jaññā,
If you knew your self as beloved,
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rakkheyya naṁ surakkhitaṁ;
you’d look after it so well.
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Tiṇṇaṁ aññataraṁ yāmaṁ,
In one of the night’s three watches,
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paṭijaggeyya paṇḍito.
an astute person would remain alert.
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Upanandasakyaputtattheravatthu
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Attānameva paṭhamaṁ,
The astute would avoid being corrupted
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patirūpe nivesaye;
by first grounding themselves
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Athaññamanusāseyya,
in what is suitable,
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na kilisseyya paṇḍito.
and then instructing others.
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Padhānikatissattheravatthu
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Attānañce tathā kayirā,
If one were to treat oneself
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yathāññamanusāsati;
as one instructs another,
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Sudanto vata dametha,
the well-tamed indeed would tame:
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attā hi kira duddamo.
for the self, it seems, is hard to tame.
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Kumārakassapamātuttherivatthu
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Attā hi attano nātho,
One is indeed the lord of oneself,
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ko hi nātho paro siyā;
for who else would be one’s lord?
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Attanā hi sudantena,
By means of a well-tamed self,
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nāthaṁ labhati dullabhaṁ.
one gains a lord that’s rare indeed.
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Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ,
For the evil that is done by oneself,
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Attajaṁ attasambhavaṁ;
born and produced in oneself,
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Abhimatthati dummedhaṁ,
grinds down a simpleton,
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Vajiraṁvasmamayaṁ maṇiṁ.
as diamond grinds a lesser gem.
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Yassa accantadussilyaṁ,
One choked by immorality,
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māluvā sālamivotthataṁ;
as a sal tree by a creeper,
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Karoti so tathattānaṁ,
does to themselves
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yathā naṁ icchatī diso.
what a foe only wishes.
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Saṅghabhedaparisakkanavatthu
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Sukarāni asādhūni,
It’s easy to do bad things
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attano ahitāni ca;
harmful to oneself,
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Yaṁ ve hitañca sādhuñca,
but good things that are helpful
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taṁ ve paramadukkaraṁ.
are the hardest things to do.
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Yo sāsanaṁ arahataṁ,
On account of wicked views—
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ariyānaṁ dhammajīvinaṁ;
scorning the guidance
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Paṭikkosati dummedho,
of the perfected ones,
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diṭṭhiṁ nissāya pāpikaṁ;
the noble ones living righteously—
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Phalāni kaṭṭhakasseva,
the idiot begets their own self’s demise,
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attaghātāya phallati.
like the bamboo bearing fruit.
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Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ,
For it is by oneself that evil’s done,
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attanā saṅkilissati;
one is corrupted by oneself.
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Attanā akataṁ pāpaṁ,
It’s by oneself that evil’s not done,
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attanāva visujjhati;
one is purified by oneself.
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Suddhī asuddhi paccattaṁ,
Purity and impurity are personal matters,
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nāñño aññaṁ visodhaye.
no one can purify another.
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Attadatthaṁ paratthena,
Never neglect what is good for yourself
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bahunāpi na hāpaye;
for the sake of another, however great.
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Attadatthamabhiññāya,
Knowing well what is good for yourself,
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sadatthapasuto siyā.
be intent upon your heart’s goal.
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