A Collection of Buddhist Wisdom Verses - Ancient Buddhist Texts

2: Wickedness
42. ‘Samaṇe brāhmaṇe cāpi sīlavante bahussute,
Na pubbe pay i rupāsissaṁ,’ iti pacchānutappati.
‘I did not pay much honour,
To virtuous, learned monastics,’
This he regrets in the future.
43. ‘Sādhu hoti tapo ciṇṇo, santo ca pay i rupāsito,
Na ca pubbe tapo ciṇṇo,’ iti pacchānutappati.
Knowing: ‘Austerity is good,
And a good person is honoured,
I didn’t practice austerity,'
This he regrets in the future.
44. Yo ca etāni ṭhānāni, yoniso paṭipajjati,
Karaṁ purisakiccāni, sa pacchā nānutappati.
He who practises this wisely,
Who has done his moral duty,
Regrets it not in the future.
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