From the chapter on self. The verse sits in obvious tension with the doctrine of anatta, no permanent self; the standard resolution is that atta here is the conventional reflexive pronoun, not a metaphysical claim.
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Passage
TextSelf is the lord of self, who else could be the lord? With self well subdued, a man finds a lord such as few can find. 1 Reference Scheme Translation
TranslationThe Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 10) 1 Connections
Concerns
Reads against the doctrine of no-self unless atta is taken conventionally.
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Source The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 10, part 1)F. Max Muller
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1. The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 10, part 1)
F. Max Muller, Clarendon Press / Internet Sacred Text Archive, 1881Dhammapada 160View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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