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Suññatavāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 229

[229] What on that occasion is the power of moral shame (hirībala)? That which on that occasion is being ashamed of that whereof one ought to be ashamed, being ashamed of engaging in evil, unwholesome phenomena (dhammā) — this on that occasion is the power of moral shame.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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