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thag.2.10 Theragatha

Vasabha

First one kills oneself,
then one kills others.
One kills oneself, really dead,
like one who kills birds using a dead bird as a decoy.
A holy man’s color is not on the outside;
a holy man is colored on the inside.
Whoever harbors bad deeds
is truly a dark one, Sujampati.