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Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.18 Linked Discourses 1.18

2. Nandanavagga 2. The Garden of Delight

Hirīsutta Shame Conscience A Sense of Shame

“Hirīnisedho puriso, ““Who in the world “Can a person constrained by conscience “A person restrained by a sense of shame:

koci lokasmiṁ vijjati; is a man constrained by shame, be found in the world, Is there in the world to be found?

Yo nindaṁ apabodhati, who awakens to censure who is cognizant of blame, One who draws back from blame

asso bhadro kasāmivā”ti. like a fine stallion to the whip?” like a fine horse of the whip?” As a good horse does from the whip?”

“Hirīnisedhā tanuyā, “Those restrained by shame are rare “Few are those constrained by conscience, “Few are those restrained by a sense of shame

ye caranti sadā satā; those who go through life always mindful. who live always mindful. Who fare always mindful;

Antaṁ dukkhassa pappuyya, Having reached the end of suffering and stress Having reached the end of suffering, Few, having reached the end of suffering,

caranti visame saman”ti. they go among the discordant harmoniously.”smoothly they walk in the rough.” Fare evenly amidst the uneven. ”
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