Every evil never doing
and in wholesomeness increasing
and one's heart well-purifying:
this is the Buddhas' Teaching.
Lotus
Think lightly not of evil,
"It will not come to me",
for by the falling of water drops
a water jar is filled.
The fool with evil fills himself,
he soaks up little by little.
Think lightly not of goodness,
"It will not come to me",
for by the falling of water drops
a water jar is filled.
The sage with goodness fills himself,
he soaks up little by little.
By oneself is evil done,
by oneself defiled,
by oneself it's left undone,
by self alone one purified.
Purity, impurity on oneself depend,
no one can purify another.
(Shakyamuni Buddha)
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