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To all or none,

We will not look at Chapter XI because I already wrote about it.

The next post will be about CHAPTER XII SELF-ATTA-ATMAN

LOONG

to all or none,
Today we shall look at CHAPTER XII SELF-ATTA-

AWAKE-157

if one regards oneself as precious ,one should guard this life well;
Both in youth,in middle age,& old age & during all the 3 watches of the night one should keep aware and awake .

PROPER ORDER-158


First one should establish oneself in what is right.
Then from there ,one can well instruct others.Doing so ,the clever one will not be criticized.

SITTING-159


First one should make oneself ,exactly that which one instructs others to be...Only well tamed oneself is one able to tame others.Self is hard to tame in praxis,yet not so in theory"
Loong's comment-Why should one want to tame others/


SAVIOUR-160


Self is indeed self's only savior. Who else can save you? With oneself well tamed,one gains a savior hard to otherwise find.


BACKLASH-161


By self alone is evil done.Even so is evil born of self,originated i srlf,initiated by & in self.This self crushes the foollike a diamond - drill grinds even hard and precious stones .


DOMINATED-162


The one whose evil has gripped the whole of his mind ,like a creeper gradually overgow even the tallest tree,is, without compare
HIS WORST ENEMY.

n.b.The word Savior can also be spelled saviour.
creeper is an animal or a plant that can grip to a tree.

loong

to all or none,
Today we shall look at CHAPTER XII SELF-ATTA-

AWAKE-157

if one regards oneself as precious ,one should guard this life well;
Both in youth,in middle age,& old age & during all the 3 watches of the night one should keep aware and awake .

PROPER ORDER-158


First one should establish oneself in what is right.
Then from there ,one can well instruct others.Doing so ,the clever one will not be criticized.

SITTING-159


First one should make oneself ,exactly that which one instructs others to be...Only well tamed oneself is one able to tame others.Self is hard to tame in praxis,yet not so in theory"
Loong's comment-Why should one want to tame others/


SAVIOUR-160


Self is indeed self's only savior. Who else can save you? With oneself well tamed,one gains a savior hard to otherwise find.


BACKLASH-161


By self alone is evil done.Even so is evil born of self,originated i srlf,initiated by & in self.This self crushes the foollike a diamond - drill grinds even hard and precious stones .


DOMINATED-162


The one whose evil has gripped the whole of his mind ,like a creeper gradually overgow even the tallest tree,is, without compare
HIS WORST ENEMY.

n.b.The word Savior can also be spelled saviour.
creeper is an animal or a plant that can grip to a tree.

loong

To all or none
text taken from What-Buddha-Said.net author unknown.

ASYMMETRY-163


Easy and swift is it to do what is detrimental ,bad both to oneself and for others.While that .which is advantageous to both oneself & others,is quite difficult to do .

SELF-DESTRUCTIVE-VIEW-164

The fool ,who absorbed in false views reviles theDhamma of the
arahats ,the Noble & the Righteous,thereby sow & later reaps his own destruction .


NO-OTHER-165

By self alone ,is harm done.By self alone ,does one suffer from own evil.By self alone, is harm left undone.
By self alone ,is one purified & thereby saved.
Both destruction is work of self .
NO ONE CAN PURIFY ANOTHER.

GOOD FOR-BOTH-166

Letno-one neglect own good for the good of another.
even if seemingly important.Focused on own good ,and own freedom ,one should learn and practice towards that.

This concludes CHAPTERXII

in the next post,we shall see CHAPTER XIII;WORLD-LOKA

loong
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To all or none,

Text taken from What-Buddha-Said-.net author unknown

today we shall look at CHAPTER XIII;WORLD-LOKA


INDULGING-167

One should neither live a low life,nor a careless life,nor have fase views,nor be captivated by this world.

INVESTMENT-168


Exerting oneself,not careless,one should live the Dhamma.By living
according to the Dhamma,harmony is assured & one sleeps happily here & in the next world.

HERE & THERE-169


One should practice this dhamma well, avoiding sloppy or inaccurate..one practicing the Buddha_Dhamma both in spirit and letter lives blissfully both here in this world & the next to come.

UNSEEN-170

As lasting as a bursting bubble;
As illusive as a mirage ;
One regarding all wordly life exactly so is forever unseen by The King of Death.


GLITTER-171


Come see this world is as a painted postcard.wherein the fools helplessly sink,while the clever -remains free & detached.


BRIGHT-172

The one ,who was careless earlier,but not anymore,illuminates this world shining just as bright ,as the full moon free from clouds .

CLEARED-173


The one who cover past mistakes with good doings ;such one indeed illuminates this world.as the full moon freed from cloud."

This is all for today tomorrow we shall look at verses 174 to 178 inclusively ,covering this chapter.

loong