Phẩm Tự Ngã

Attānañce piyaṁ jaññā,

rakkheyya naṁ surakkhitaṁ;

Tiṇṇaṁ aññataraṁ yāmaṁ,

paṭijaggeyya paṇḍito.

Upanandasakyaputtattheravatthu

Attānameva paṭhamaṁ,

patirūpe nivesaye;

Athaññamanusāseyya,

na kilisseyya paṇḍito.

Padhānikatissattheravatthu

Attānañce tathā kayirā,

yathāññamanusāsati;

Sudanto vata dametha,

attā hi kira duddamo.

Kumārakassapamātuttherivatthu

Attā hi attano nātho,

ko hi nātho paro siyā;

Attanā hi sudantena,

nāthaṁ labhati dullabhaṁ.

Mahākālaupāsakavatthu

Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ,

Attajaṁ attasambhavaṁ;

Abhimatthati dummedhaṁ,

Vajiraṁvasmamayaṁ maṇiṁ.

Devadattavatthu

Yassa accantadussilyaṁ,

māluvā sālamivotthataṁ;

Karoti so tathattānaṁ,

yathā naṁ icchatī diso.

Saṅghabhedaparisakkanavatthu

Sukarāni asādhūni,

attano ahitāni ca;

Yaṁ ve hitañca sādhuñca,

taṁ ve paramadukkaraṁ.

Kālattheravatthu

Yo sāsanaṁ arahataṁ,

ariyānaṁ dhammajīvinaṁ;

Paṭikkosati dummedho,

diṭṭhiṁ nissāya pāpikaṁ;

Phalāni kaṭṭhakasseva,

attaghātāya phallati.

Cūḷakālaupāsakavatthu

Attanā hi kataṁ pāpaṁ,

attanā saṅkilissati;

Attanā akataṁ pāpaṁ,

attanāva visujjhati;

Suddhī asuddhi paccattaṁ,

nāñño aññaṁ visodhaye.

Attadatthattheravatthu

Attadatthaṁ paratthena,

bahunāpi na hāpaye;

Attadatthamabhiññāya,

sadatthapasuto siyā.

Attavaggo dvādasamo.

SC 157If one would know oneself as dear,
One would keep oneself well-protected.
The wise man should guard himself
Throughout the three watches of the night.

SC 158One should first establish oneself in what is proper.
Then only could the wise man instruct others and
remain unstained.

SC 159If one would only do oneself what one instructs
others to do!
Then, well-restrained, he would well-train others.
Truly, training oneself is most difficult.

SC 160Truly oneself is one’s own protector.
What other protector could there be?
Only by being well-trained oneself
Does one obtain the true protector, so hard to gain.

SC 161By oneself is evil done;
It proceeds from oneself, it originates from oneself.
It crushes the fool,
Like a diamond crushes a precious stone.

SC 162He who covers himself with depraved conduct,
Like a creeper covers a sala tree,
Does to himself what an enemy desires for him.

SC 163It is easy to do wrong,
So harmful to oneself.
It is indeed most difficult to do good,
So beneficial to oneself.

SC 164He who scorns the teaching of the arahants,
Those nobles who live the Dhamma,
Is the fool who relies on evil views.
Like the fruit of a bamboo, he ripens to self-
destruction.

SC 165By oneself alone is evil done, by oneself one
becomes defiled.
Evil is undone by oneself, by oneself alone can one
become cleansed.
Purity and impurity arise from oneself. No one can
purify another.

SC 166Neglect not your own welfare for another’s,
However great.
If you fully understood your own welfare,
You would pursue the true attainment.