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Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.18 Linked Discourses 1.18
2. Nandanavagga 2. The Garden of Delight
Hirīsutta Conscience A Sense of Shame
“Hirīnisedho puriso, “Can a person constrained by conscience “A person restrained by a sense of shame:
koci lokasmiṁ vijjati; be found in the world? Is there in the world to be found?
Yo nindaṁ apabodhati, Who shies away from blame, One who draws back from blame
asso bhadro kasāmivā”ti. like a fine horse from the whip?” As a good horse does from the whip?”
“Hirīnisedhā tanuyā, “Few are those constrained by conscience, “Few are those restrained by a sense of shame
ye caranti sadā satā; who live always mindful. Who fare always mindful;
Antaṁ dukkhassa pappuyya, Having reached the end of suffering, Few, having reached the end of suffering,
caranti visame saman”ti. smoothly they walk in the rough.” Fare evenly amidst the uneven. ”