SN 1.18 - Hiri Sutta: Conscience
Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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Attribution: ©1998 Thanissaro Bhikkhu. The text of this page ("Hiri Sutta: Conscience", by Thanissaro Bhikkhu) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of the license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. Documents linked from this page may be subject to other restrictions. Transcribed from a file provided by the translator. Last revised for Access to Insight on 14 June 2010. How to cite this document (a suggested style): "Hiri Sutta: Conscience" (SN 1.18), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 14 June 2010, https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn01/sn01.018.than.html .
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Who in the world is a man constrained by conscience, who awakens to censure like a fine stallion to the whip? Those restrained by conscience are rare — those who go through life always mindful. Having reached the end of suffering & stress, they go through what is uneven evenly; go through what is out-of-tune in tune.