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Attavagga - The Self 
(verses 157-166)
If one holds oneself dear, one should protect oneself well. During every one of thethree watches the wise man should keep vigil.Let one first establish oneself in what is proper, and then instruct others. Such a wiseman will not be defiled.As he instructs others so should he himself act. Himself fully controlled, he shouldcontrol (others); for oneself, indeed, is difficult to control.Oneself, indeed, is one's saviour, for what other saviour would there be? With oneself well controlled one obtains a saviour difficult to find.By oneself alone is evil done; it is self-born, it is self-caused. Evil grinds the unwiseas a diamond grinds a hard gem.Just as the creeper overspreads a Sal-tree and destroys it, the man who allows hiswickedness to overcome him, suffers as much as his enemy would have him suffer.Easy to do are things that are hard and not beneficial to oneself, but very, verydifficult, indeed, to do is that which is beneficial and good.Whosoever rejects the words of the noble, righteous Arahants, such a fool, because of his false views, brings forth on his head ruin and destruction, like the banana-treewhich dies when it has borne fruit.By oneself, indeed, is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil leftundone; by oneself, indeed, is one purified. Purity and impurity depend on oneself. No one purifies another.For the sake of others' welfare, however, great, let not one neglect one's own welfare.Clearly perceiving one's own welfare, let one be intent on one's own goal.
Lokavagga - The World
(verses 167-178)Do not follow a life of evil; do not live heedlessly; do not have false views; do notvalue worldly things. In this way one can get rid of suffering.A man should not live heedlessly but should exert himself to live righteously. Such aman is happy in this world and in the next.
 
A man should live righteously and not wrongly. Such a man is happy in this world andin the next.Just as one would look upon a bubble, just as one would look upon a mirage - if a person thus looks upon the world, the King of Death sees him not.Come, behold this world which is like unto an ornamented royal chariot, whereinfools flounder, but for the wise there is no attachment.A man, who is free from heedlessness and is heedless no more, purifies himself andshines in this world like the moon which is freed from a cloud.Whosoever, by a good deed, covers the evil done, such a one illuminates this worldlike the moon freed from clouds.Blind is this world. Few are those who clearly see. As birds escape from a net, few goto a blissful state.As swans can fly easily through the air, as those who persevere can perform wonders,wise men can easily conquer death.There is no evil that cannot be done by the liar, who has transgressed the one law (of truthfulness) and who is indifferent to a world beyond.Verily, misers go not to the celestial realms. Fools do not indeed praise liberality. Thewise man rejoices in giving and thereby becomes happy thereafter.Better than absolute sovereignity over the earth, better than lordship over all theworlds is the Fruit of a Stream-Winner.Buddhavagga - The Buddha(verses 179-196)One who has conquered all defilements, cannot be defeated. Such a one is TheBuddha, who has attained unlimited power.One, who has no Craving with its snare and poisons, cannot be disturbed. Such a oneis The Buddha, who has attained unlimited power.The wise ones who are intent on meditation, who delight in the peace of renunciation(i.e. Nibbana), such mindful perfect Buddhas even the gods hold (most) dear.Rare is birth as a human being. Hard is the life of mortals. Hard it is to obtain thechance to listen to the Dhamma. Rare is the appearance of the Buddhas.To cease from all evil, to cultivate good, to purify one's mind: This is the advice of allBuddhas.
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