{"id":"dhp157-166","title":"12. The Self","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dhp157-166","title":"12. The Self","units":[{"id":"dhp157:0","sourceIds":["dhp157:0.1","dhp157:0.2","dhp157:0.3","dhp157:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakanikāya\nDhammapada\nAttavagga\nBodhirājakumāravatthu","en":"Minor Collection\nSayings of the Dhamma 157–166\n12. The Self"}},{"id":"dhp157:1","sourceIds":["dhp157:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attānañce piyaṁ jaññā,","en":"If you knew your self as beloved,"}},{"id":"dhp157:2","sourceIds":["dhp157:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"rakkheyya naṁ surakkhitaṁ;","en":"you’d look after it so well."}},{"id":"dhp157:3","sourceIds":["dhp157:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tiṇṇaṁ aññataraṁ yāmaṁ,","en":"In one of the night’s three watches,"}},{"id":"dhp157:4","sourceIds":["dhp157:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"paṭijaggeyya paṇḍito.","en":"an astute person would remain alert."}},{"id":"dhp158:0","sourceIds":["dhp158:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upanandasakyaputtattheravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp158:1","sourceIds":["dhp158:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attānameva paṭhamaṁ,","en":"The astute would avoid being corrupted"}},{"id":"dhp158:2","sourceIds":["dhp158:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"patirūpe nivesaye;","en":"by first grounding 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tame."}},{"id":"dhp160:0","sourceIds":["dhp160:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kumārakassapamātuttherivatthu"}},{"id":"dhp160:1","sourceIds":["dhp160:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attā hi attano nātho,","en":"One is indeed the lord of oneself,"}},{"id":"dhp160:2","sourceIds":["dhp160:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"ko hi nātho paro siyā;","en":"for who else would be one’s lord?"}},{"id":"dhp160:3","sourceIds":["dhp160:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attanā hi sudantena,","en":"By means of a well-tamed self,"}},{"id":"dhp160:4","sourceIds":["dhp160:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"nāthaṁ labhati dullabhaṁ.","en":"one gains a lord that’s rare indeed."}},{"id":"dhp161:0","sourceIds":["dhp161:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mahākālaupāsakavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp161:1","sourceIds":["dhp161:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ,","en":"For the evil that is done by oneself,"}},{"id":"dhp161:2","sourceIds":["dhp161:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attajaṁ 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wishes."}},{"id":"dhp163:0","sourceIds":["dhp163:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅghabhedaparisakkanavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp163:1","sourceIds":["dhp163:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sukarāni asādhūni,","en":"It’s easy to do bad things"}},{"id":"dhp163:2","sourceIds":["dhp163:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"attano ahitāni ca;","en":"harmful to oneself,"}},{"id":"dhp163:3","sourceIds":["dhp163:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ ve hitañca sādhuñca,","en":"but good things that are helpful"}},{"id":"dhp163:4","sourceIds":["dhp163:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"taṁ ve paramadukkaraṁ.","en":"are the hardest things to do."}},{"id":"dhp164:0","sourceIds":["dhp164:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kālattheravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp164:1","sourceIds":["dhp164:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo sāsanaṁ arahataṁ,","en":"On account of wicked views—"}},{"id":"dhp164:2","sourceIds":["dhp164:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"ariyānaṁ dhammajīvinaṁ;","en":"scorning the guidance"}},{"id":"dhp164:3","sourceIds":["dhp164:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paṭikkosati dummedho,","en":"of the perfected ones,"}},{"id":"dhp164:4","sourceIds":["dhp164:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"diṭṭhiṁ nissāya pāpikaṁ;","en":"the noble ones living righteously—"}},{"id":"dhp164:5","sourceIds":["dhp164:5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Phalāni kaṭṭhakasseva,","en":"the idiot begets their own self’s demise,"}},{"id":"dhp164:6","sourceIds":["dhp164:6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"attaghātāya phallati.","en":"like the bamboo bearing fruit."}},{"id":"dhp165:0","sourceIds":["dhp165:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cūḷakālaupāsakavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp165:1","sourceIds":["dhp165:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ,","en":"For it is by oneself that evil’s done,"}},{"id":"dhp165:2","sourceIds":["dhp165:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"attanā saṅkilissati;","en":"one is corrupted by oneself."}},{"id":"dhp165:3","sourceIds":["dhp165:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attanā akataṁ pāpaṁ,","en":"It’s by oneself that evil’s not done,"}},{"id":"dhp165:4","sourceIds":["dhp165:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"attanāva visujjhati;","en":"one is purified by oneself."}},{"id":"dhp165:5","sourceIds":["dhp165:5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Suddhī asuddhi paccattaṁ,","en":"Purity and impurity are personal matters,"}},{"id":"dhp165:6","sourceIds":["dhp165:6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"nāñño aññaṁ visodhaye.","en":"no one can purify another."}},{"id":"dhp166:0","sourceIds":["dhp166:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attadatthattheravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp166:1","sourceIds":["dhp166:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attadatthaṁ paratthena,","en":"Never neglect what is good for yourself"}},{"id":"dhp166:2","sourceIds":["dhp166:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"bahunāpi na hāpaye;","en":"for the sake of another, however great."}},{"id":"dhp166:3","sourceIds":["dhp166:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attadatthamabhiññāya,","en":"Knowing well what is good for yourself,"}},{"id":"dhp166:4","sourceIds":["dhp166:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"sadatthapasuto siyā.","en":"be intent upon your heart’s goal."}},{"id":"dhp166:5","sourceIds":["dhp166:5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attavaggo dvādasamo."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/dhp157-166/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}