The Self

Oneself, indeed, is one's saviour,

for what other saviour would there be?

With oneself well controlled,

one obtains a saviour difficult to find. ( DHAMMAPADA 160)

By oneself alone is evil done;

it is self-born, it is self-caused.

Evil grinds the unwise

as a diamond grinds a hard gem. (161)  

By oneself, indeed, is evil done;

by oneself is one defiled.

By oneself is evil left undone;

by oneself indeed, is one purified.

Purity and impurity depend on oneself.

No one purifies another.(165)