If you—
through desire,
aversion,
delusion,
fear—
transgress the Dhamma,
your honor wanes,
as in the dark fortnight,
the moon.
If you don’t—
through desire,
aversion,
delusion,
fear—
transgress the Dhamma,
your honor waxes,
as in the bright fortnight,
the moon.
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