No one Other can ever Save You!
The Blessed Buddha
once said:
Make an island of yourself. Be lamp and light for yourself,
Make yourself your refuge: There is no other refuge!
Make the Dhamma your island: Make the Dhamma your lamp & light,
Make
the Dhamma your refuge: There is no other refuge!
Dīgha Nikāya 2.165
No Other
By self alone, is harm done.
By self alone, does one suffer from own evil.
By self alone, is harm left undone.
By self alone, is one purified & thereby saved.
Both destruction and salvation is the work of
oneself.
No-one can purify another...
Dhammapada Illustration 165
Background Story 165
Sole Saviour:
Self is indeed self's only saviour! Who else can save you?
With oneself well tamed, one gains a saviour
otherwise
hard to find.
Dhammapada Illustration 160
Background Story 160
