Attānañce piyaṃ jaññā

na naṃ pāpena saṃyuje,

na hi taṃ sulabhaṃ hoti

sukhaṃ dukkaṭakārinā.

Listen

If you hold yourself dear

then don't fetter yourself with evil,

for happiness isn't easily gained

by one who commits a wrong-doing.

Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.115

View Pāli on Tipitaka.org

Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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