Conscience and prudence

hiri-ottappa

Foundations & ethics Core — needs to be understood Stage 3 of 8

The inner guardians: hiri shrinks from the unwholesome out of self-respect, ottappa out of regard for the consequences. The canon calls both "the guardians of the world".

On the path: 3 · Living and conduct — What way of living creates the conditions for a clear mind? The five precepts, speech, action, livelihood, good friendship. → to this stage in the learning path

In the map of the teaching: DN 34 · Groups of seven · Help · DN 34 · Groups of seven · Decline · DN 34 · Groups of seven · Distinction · DN 33 · dn33:1.9.8

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Passages where hiri-ottappa occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

Mahāyāna sūtras · Bodhisattvabhūmi · Sanskrit

ya hīnamadhyaviśiṣṭeṣu sattveṣu yathāyogānurūpapratipattito lokajñatā / teṣveva prayogeṣu kālavelāmātrādicaryāmārabhya hrī-vyapatrāpyatā / teṣveva ca prayogeṣvapratyudāvartanatayā dhṛtibalādhānatā / lāmasatkārapratipattibhyāñca tathāgatapūjopasthānatā / ime daśa dharmā vihārapariśuddhaye saṃvartante / yaduta śraddhā karuṇāmaitrītyāgaḥ akhedaḥ śāstrajñatā lokajñatā hrīvyapatrāpyatā dhṛtibalādhānatā tathāgatapūjopasthānatā ca /
Indian tantras · Mahāsaṃnipātaratnaketudhāraṇīsūtra or Ratnaketuparivarta (=RKP) · Sanskrit

dhuma dhuma / dhama dhama / dhūma dhūma / nili na nala nola / milā kuṭanī kuṭane / mahākuṭane / ṭaṭa ṭaṭo mahāṭaṭo / abhaṣa abhi abhi / riṇi riṇi / mahāriṇi riṇi / rimi rimi / rimi rimi / dārimi riṣe / mahāriṣe / śulu śulu / mahāśulu śulu / śulutha mahāśulu śulu / uguma / guma gumana / rimi rimi / hiri hiri hiri hiri / hiri hiri hiri hiri hiri hiri / nimi nimi / nihi nihi / muni muni / buddhi li pravarā sṛṣṭhaloka caryājine jine / jinarṣabha jinā jina jinarṣabha svāhā //
Tipiṭaka · nidda1 · Pāli

Evaṃ lokādhipati ottappaṃ nāma hoti. ‘‘Lajjāsabhāvasaṇṭhitā hirī, bhayasabhāvasaṇṭhitaṃ ottappa’’nti ettha pana lajjāti lajjanākāro, tena sabhāvena saṇṭhitā hirī. Bhayanti apāyabhayaṃ, tena sabhāvena saṇṭhitaṃ ottappaṃ. Tadubhayampi pāpaparivajjane pākaṭaṃ hoti. Ekacco hi yathā nāma eko kulaputto uccārapassāvādīni karonto lajjitabbayuttakaṃ ekaṃ disvā lajjanākārappatto bhaveyya hīḷito, evameva ajjhattaṃ lajjīdhammaṃ okkamitvā pāpakammaṃ na karoti. Ekacco apāyabhayabhīto hutvā pāpakammaṃ na karoti.
Pāli commentaries · mūlapaṇṇāsa-aṭṭhakathā · Pāli

hirottappenā ti ‘‘yaṃ hirīyati hirīyitabbena, ottappati ottappitabbenā’’ti (dha. sa. 1331) evaṃ vitthāritāya hiriyā ceva ottappena ca| apicettha ajjhattasamuṭṭhānā hirī, bahiddhāsamuṭṭhānaṃ ottappaṃ | attādhipateyyā hirī, lokādhipateyyaṃ ottappaṃ| lajjāsabhāvasaṇṭhitā hirī, bhayasabhāvasaṇṭhitaṃ ottappaṃ, vitthārakathā panettha sabbākārena visuddhimagge vuttā| apica ime dve dhammā lokaṃ pālanato lokapāladhammā nāmāti kathitā| yathāha – ‘‘dveme, bhikkhave, sukkā dhammā lokaṃ pālenti| katame dve?
Poetry & poetics · Rasārṇavasudhākara · Sanskrit

snāyu-nyāsa-nibaddha-kīka-satanuṃ nṛtyantam ālokya māṃ cāmuṇḍā-karatāla-kuṭṭita-layaṃ vṛtte vivāhotsave | hrī-mudrām apanudya yad vihasitaṃ devyā samaṃ śambhunā tenādyāpi mayi prabhuḥ sa jagatām āste prasādonmukhaḥ ||SRs_1.492|| (bā.rā. 2.1)

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