It's Easy To Blame The World... But What About You?

About this episode

The episode discusses personal accountability inspired by a verse from the Dhammapada.

In this episode I recount how reading a verse from the Dhammapada made me rethink a situation and push me to take more accountability for my own actions, inactions and miscommunications. "The fault of others is easily perceived, but that of oneself is difficult to perceive; a man winnows his neighbour's faults like chaff, but his own fault he hides, as a cheat hides the bad die from the gambler." Chapter 18 (Impurity) Verse 252 - The Dhammapada as translated by Muller (1881) Want to listen to more episodes? Visit https://www.monologuesbyhasi.com/ or subscribe on your favourite podcast app. To get in touch and leave me your 2c or ideas you'd like me to discuss in a future episode reach me on X (Twitter) @realHasinthaA. My intro and outro music are courtesy of Max Maikon and the YouTube Audio Library. Full credits are as follows: Track: Equilibrium — Max Maikon [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: Equilibrium — Max Maikon | Free Background Music | Audio Library Release Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/equilibrium

People in this episode

Host: Hasintha Attanayake

Topics covered

• accountability
• self-reflection
• personal growth
• communication
• Dhammapada

Keywords

• accountability
• Dhammapada
• self-improvement
• communication
• personal growth

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dhammapada

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