User Tools

Site Tools


Translations of this page?:
en:tipitaka:sut:kn:snp:snp.2.03.than

Preperation of htmls into ATI.eu currently in progress. Please visit the corresponding page at ZzE. If inspired to get involved in this merits here, one may feel invited to join best here: [ATI.eu] ATI/ZzE Content-style

Hiri Sutta: Conscience

Hiri Sutta

Summary: url=index.html#snp.2.03.than What is a true friend.

Sn 2.3 PTS: Sn 253-257

Hiri Sutta: Conscience

translated from the Pali by

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Alternate translation: Ireland

One who, flouting, despising a sense of conscience, saying, “I am your friend,” but not grasping what he could do [to help]: know him as “Not my friend.” One who, among friends, speaks endearing words to which he doesn't conform, the wise recognize as speaking without doing. He's not a friend who's always wary, suspecting a split, focusing just on your weakness. But him on whom you can depend, like a child on its parent's breast: that's a true friend whom others can't split from you. Carrying one's manly burden, the fruits & rewards develop the conditions that make for joy, the bliss that brings praise. Drinking the nourishment, the flavor, of seclusion & calm, one is freed from evil, devoid of distress, refreshed with the nourishment of rapture in the Dhamma.(1)

Note

1.

This last verse = Dhp 205.


Help | About | Contact | Scope of the Dhamma gift | Collaboration
Anumodana puñña kusala!

en/tipitaka/sut/kn/snp/snp.2.03.than.txt · Last modified: 2022/03/24 13:46 by Johann