A Collection of Buddhist Wisdom Verses - Ancient Buddhist Texts

20: Faults
Dhp 252 Meṇḍakaseṭṭhivatthu
Seeing one's own Faults
A merchant goes to see the Buddha when he is
passing through, but the outside ascetics try to
persuade him not to by telling him falsely that he
teaches there is no result of actions.
383. Sudassaṁ vajjam-aññesaṁ, attano pana duddasaṁ,
Paresaṁ hi so vajjāni opuṇāti yathā bhusaṁ,
Attano pana chādeti, kaliṁ va kitavā saṭho.
Easy to see is another's fault,
But one's own fault is hard to see,
For he sifts other peoples' faults
Like they were chaff or husks of corn,
But he will conceal his own faults,
Like a cheat will conceal defeat.
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