အားကုိးရာ (Self-Refuge)

အတၱာ ဟိ အတၱေနာ နာေထာ၊ ေကာဟိ နာေထာ ပေရာ သိယာ
အတၱနာ ဟိ သုဒေႏၱန၊ နာထံ လဘတိ ဒုလႅဘံ
ဓမၼပဒဂါထာနံပါတ္ ၁၆၀၊

Oneself is one’s own protector (refuge);
What other protector (refuge) can there be?
With oneself fully controlled,
one obtains a protection (refuge) which is hard to gain.

Dhammapada Verse No. 160

Atta hi attano natho, kohi natho paro siya
Attana hi sudantena, nathan labhati dullabham

Dhammapada Verse No. 160
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