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Dhp 157 · Bodhirājakumāravatthu
If you knew your self as beloved,you’d look after it so well.In one of the night’s three watches,an astute person would remain alert.
Attānañce piyaṁ jaññā,rakkheyya naṁ surakkhitaṁ;Tiṇṇaṁ aññataraṁ yāmaṁ,paṭijaggeyya paṇḍito.
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Dhp 158 · Upanandasakyaputtattheravatthu
The astute would avoid being corruptedby first grounding themselvesin what is suitable,and then instructing others.
Attānameva paṭhamaṁ,patirūpe nivesaye;Athaññamanusāseyya,na kilisseyya paṇḍito.
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Dhp 159 · Padhānikatissattheravatthu
If one were to treat oneselfas one instructs another,the well-tamed indeed would tame:for the self, it seems, is hard to tame.
Attānañce tathā kayirā,yathāññamanusāsati;Sudanto vata dametha,attā hi kira duddamo.
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Dhp 160 · Kumārakassapamātuttherivatthu
One is indeed the lord of oneself,for who else would be one’s lord?By means of a well-tamed self,one gains a lord that’s rare indeed.
Attā hi attano nātho,ko hi nātho paro siyā;Attanā hi sudantena,nāthaṁ labhati dullabhaṁ.
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Dhp 161 · Mahākālaupāsakavatthu
For the evil that is done by oneself,born and produced in oneself,grinds down a simpleton,as diamond grinds a lesser gem.
Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ,Attajaṁ attasambhavaṁ;Abhimatthati dummedhaṁ,Vajiraṁvasmamayaṁ maṇiṁ.
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Dhp 162 · Devadattavatthu
One choked by immorality,as a sal tree by a creeper,does to themselveswhat a foe only wishes.
Yassa accantadussilyaṁ,māluvā sālamivotthataṁ;Karoti so tathattānaṁ,yathā naṁ icchatī diso.
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Dhp 163 · Saṅghabhedaparisakkanavatthu
It’s easy to do bad thingsharmful to oneself,but good things that are helpfulare the hardest things to do.
Sukarāni asādhūni,attano ahitāni ca;Yaṁ ve hitañca sādhuñca,taṁ ve paramadukkaraṁ.
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Dhp 164 · Kālattheravatthu
On account of wicked views—scorning the guidanceof the perfected ones,the noble ones living righteously—the idiot begets their own self’s demise,like the bamboo bearing fruit.
Yo sāsanaṁ arahataṁ,ariyānaṁ dhammajīvinaṁ;Paṭikkosati dummedho,diṭṭhiṁ nissāya pāpikaṁ;Phalāni kaṭṭhakasseva,attaghātāya phallati.
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Dhp 165 · Cūḷakālaupāsakavatthu
For it is by oneself that evil’s done,one is corrupted by oneself.It’s by oneself that evil’s not done,one is purified by oneself.Purity and impurity are personal matters,no one can purify another.
Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ,attanā saṅkilissati;Attanā akataṁ pāpaṁ,attanāva visujjhati;Suddhī asuddhi paccattaṁ,nāñño aññaṁ visodhaye.
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Dhp 166 · Attadatthattheravatthu
Never neglect what is good for yourselffor the sake of another, however great.Knowing well what is good for yourself,be intent upon your heart’s goal.
Attadatthaṁ paratthena,bahunāpi na hāpaye;Attadatthamabhiññāya,sadatthapasuto siyā.
Attavaggo dvādasamo.