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Friday, March 18, 2011

Purity & impurity are one's own doing.

अत्तना हि [अत्तनाव (सी॰ स्या॰ पी॰)] कतं पापं, अत्तना संकिलिस्सति।
अत्तना अकतं पापं, अत्तनाव विसुज्झति।
सुद्धी असुद्धि पच्‍चत्तं, नाञ्‍ञो अञ्‍ञं [नाञ्‍ञमञ्‍ञो(सी॰)] विसोधये॥
Evil is done by oneself
by oneself is one defiled.
Evil is left undone by oneself
by oneself is one cleansed.
Purity & impurity are one's own doing.
No one purifies another.
No other purifies one.
Dhammpad 12.165
translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight, 19 September 2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/dhp.12.than.html.
Buddha

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