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Dhammapada · 4.7

Na paresaṃ vilomāni, na paresaṃ kaṭākataṃ;Attanova avekkheyya, katāni akatāni ca.

Na paresam vilomani, na paresam katakatam; Attanova avekkheyya, katani akatani ca.

Look not to the wrongs of others, nor to what others have done or not done. Look only to your own deeds — what you have done and have not done.

— Dhammapada 4.7

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.

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