Dhammapada · Chapter 12
Self
10 verses · The self is its own protector and its own refuge; what other refuge can there be? Hold your own self dear and guard it well. The wise discipline themselves first before instructing others — only then is the teaching pure.
Chapter 12
अत्तवग्गो
Attavagga
12.1
If one holds oneself dear, let one guard oneself well
12.2
First, settle yourself in what is proper
12.3
As one teaches another, so should one do oneself
12.4
Self is the lord of self — what other lord could there be
12.5
Evil done by oneself, born of self, arisen from self — crushes the fool, as a diamond…
12.6
One whose immorality is extreme — like the māluvā creeper that engulfs a sal tree — does…
12.7
Easy to do are things that are unwholesome and harmful to oneself
12.8
The fool who, relying on evil views, reviles the teachings of the arahants and noble ones…
12.9
Evil done by oneself defiles oneself; evil not done by oneself purifies oneself
12.10
Let none neglect his own welfare for the welfare of others, however great