Dhp IX : Evil
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('â', It wonât amount to muchâ). A water jar fills, even with water falling     in     drops. With evil–even if bit by bit, habitually– the fool fills himself full. Donât underestimate merit (),
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('â', It wonât amount to muchâ). A water jar fills, even with water falling     in     drops. With merit–even if bit by bit, habitually– the enlightened one fills himself full. 121-122* Like a merchant with a small but well-laden caravan –a dangerous road, like a person who loves life –a poison, one should avoid –evil deeds. 123 If thereâs no wound on the hand, that hand can hold poison. Poison wonât penetrate where thereâs no wound. Thereâs no evil for those who donât do it. 124 Whoever harasses an innocent man, a man pure, without blemish: the evil comes right back to the fool like fine dust thrown against the wind. 125 Some are born in the human womb, evildoers in hell, those on the good course go to heaven, while those without effluent: totally unbound. 126* Not up in the air, nor in the middle of the sea, nor going into a cleft in the mountains –nowhere on earth– is a spot to be found where you could stay & escape your evil deed. Not up in the air, nor in the middle of the sea, nor going into a cleft in the mountains –nowhere on earth– is a spot to be found where you could stay & not succumb to death. 127-128 - --> - - - -