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Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with their story and moral.

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18: The Chapter about Stains – 227<br />

Seeing one’s own faults<br />

The merchant Meṇḍaka wanted to see the Buddha when he<br />

was passing through, but the outside ascetics tried to persuade<br />

him not to by telling him falsely that he teaches there is no<br />

result of actions; Meṇḍaka went anyway and the Buddha<br />

taught him with this verse.<br />

252. Sudassaṁ vajjam-aññesaṁ, attano pana duddasaṁ,<br />

paresaṁ hi so vajjāni opuṇāti yathā bhusaṁ,<br />

attano pana chādeti, kaliṁ va kitavā saṭho.<br />

Easy to see are others’ faults,<br />

but one’s own fault is hard to see,<br />

for one sifts other peoples’ faults<br />

like chaff, but conceals one’s own faults,<br />

like a cheat conceals his defeat.

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