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  Chapter twelve. Self. If a man hold himself dear, let him watch
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  himself carefully during one at least out of the three watches. A wise man
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  should be watchful. Let each man direct himself first to what is proper,
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  then let him teach others. Thus a wise man will not suffer. If
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  a man make himself as he teaches others to be, then, being himself
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  well subdued, he may subdue others. One's own self is indeed difficult to
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  subdue. Self is the lord of self. Who else could be the lord?
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  With self well subdued. A man finds a lord such as few can
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  find. The evil done by one's self self begotten, self bred crushes the
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  foolish as a diamond breaks a precious stone. He whose wickedness is very great
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  brings himself down to that state where his enemy wishes him to be, as
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  a creeper does with the tree which it surrounds. Bad deeds and deeds hurtful
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  to ourselves are easy to do. What is beneficial and good that is very
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  difficult to do. The foolish man who scorns the rule of the venerable,
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  arhat of the elect arria of the virtuous and follows false doctrine. He bears
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  fruit to his own destruction, like the fruits of the attacker. Read by
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  one's self. The evil is done by one's self. One suffers by one's
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  self. Evil is left undone by one's self. One is purified. Purity
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  and impurity belong to one's self. No one can purify another. Let no
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  one forget his own duty for the sake of another's, however great, Let
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  a man, after he has discerned his own duty, be always attentive to
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  his duty. End of Chapter twelve.