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Dhammapada · 22.12

Abhaye bhayadassino, bhaye cābhayadassino;Micchādiṭṭhisamādānā, sattā gacchanti duggatiṃ.

Abhaye bhayadassino, bhaye cabhayadassino; Micchaditthisamadana, satta gacchanti duggatim.

Those who see fear where there is no fear, and see no fear where fear is — having adopted wrong views, beings go to a bad destination.

— Dhammapada 22.12

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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