Motif
Virtue visible from afar and vice hidden in darkness
virtue_visible_from_afar_and_vice_hidden_in_darkness
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.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses Chapter XVIII. Impurity / Chapter XIX. The Just / Chapter XX. The Way / Chapter XXI. Miscellaneous; lines 1183-1239 confidence: high
Good people shine from afar like snowy mountains; bad people are not seen like arrows shot by night.
Good people are compared to snowy mountains shining from afar, while bad people are compared to arrows shot by night that are not seen.
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Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses; Being One of the Canonical Books of the Buddhists Chapter XVIII. Impurity / Chapter XIX. The Just / Chapter XX. The Way / Chapter XXI. Miscellaneous; lines 1189-1245 confidence: high
Verse 304 compares good people to snowy mountains shining from afar and bad people to arrows shot by night.
Good people are likened to snowy mountains shining from afar, while bad people are not seen like arrows shot by night.
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