Monday 1 July 2019

Verse 3. Sutra Three - Sundari

Therefore when practising a path of conduct [and vows],

Inferior is the one when asked promotes their own skills in practice,

There are doubts as to the trueness of that one, for it is not the [right] path.

For they desire to be a learned one seeking to purify themselves [by knowledge].

如有守戒行人,
Rú yǒu shǒu jiè xíngrén,  
問不及先具演,
wèn bùjí xiān jù yǎn,
有疑正非法道,
yǒu yí zhèng fēifǎ dào,
欲來學且自淨。
yù lái xué qiě zìjìng.

Parallel: The Pali Sutta Nipata, Atthakavagga - Chap. 3, Verse 782

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