By oneself is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil left undone; by oneself is one made pure. Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.
Founder of Buddhism
By oneself is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil left undone; by oneself is one made pure. Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.
Founder of Buddhism
From a teaching on personal responsibility (Dhammapada 165)
c. 5th-6th Century BCE
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