Don't watch what others did or didn't do. Watch your own.

What it means

Keeping score of other people's failings is easy and useless. The only ledger you can change is your own. Look at what you have done and left undone today.

The source

"Don't watch what others did or didn't do. Watch your own." The Buddha said it in Dhammapada 50. Translated from the original Pali by Spartan Surfers.

"Na paresaṁ vilomāni, na paresaṁ katākataṁ; Attanova avekkheyya, katāni akatāni ca."

Original Pali, Dhammapada 50. Text read at suttacentral.net.

Who said it

The Buddha (c. 5th century BC). Siddhattha Gotama, the teacher from northern India whose path of insight and practice became Buddhism. His sayings survive in the Pali Canon, including the Dhammapada.

Questions

What does "Don't watch what others did or didn't do. Watch your own." mean?

Keeping score of other people's failings is easy and useless. The only ledger you can change is your own. Look at what you have done and left undone today.

Who said "Don't watch what others did or didn't do. Watch your own."?

The Buddha (c. 5th century BC). Source: Dhammapada 50.

What is the original Pali?

Na paresaṁ vilomāni, na paresaṁ katākataṁ; Attanova avekkheyya, katāni akatāni ca. Translated from the original Pali by Spartan Surfers.

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