Motif
acknowledgment of wrongdoing followed by amendment and restraint
acknowledgment_of_wrongdoing_followed_by_amendment_and_restraint
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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Vinaya Texts, Part III: The Kullavagga IV-XII (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 20) Y, 20, 5. ON THE DAILY LIFE OF THE BHXKKHUS. / I 2 I / Y, 20, 5. / V, 20, 7- OX THE DAILY LIFE OF THE BHIKKHUS. 12 C; lines 5747-5791 confidence: high
“he who looks upon his sin as sin, and makes amends for it as is meet, he becomes able in future to restrain himself”
The opening disciplinary statement links recognizing sin as sin and making amends with future restraint.
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