20th March

79.   Look not to faults of others,

        To their omissions and commissions.

        But rather look to your own acts,

        To what you have done or left undone.

        Always looking at another’s faults,

        And constantly criticizing,

        The defilements continually grow;

        Far are they from their destruction.

        If only you would do what you teach others,

        Then, being yourself controlled,

        You could control others well.

        Truly, self-control is difficult.

        You yourself must watch yourself.

        You yourself must examine yourself,

        And so, self-guarded and mindful,

        O monk, you will live in happiness.

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