Hiri

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Hiri

WP: The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, Bodhi, trans., I. The Book of Causation, Kasapa, 11. The Robe, pp678; II.The Great Book V.i.45.i. Ignorance, pp 1523

WP: The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, Bodhi/Nanamoli, trans., 39.3 n416 (links to quote); 53.12

PTS: The Book of the Gradual Sayings, I: The Book of the Twos, I.1-10: Punishments, Woodward, trans., pp 50. See quote below.

PTS: The Book of the Gradual Sayings, III: The Book of the Fives, I.I.i: The Powers in Brief, pp1, and ii: The Powers in Detail, pp 2, Hare, trans.

Rhys Davids: Buddhist Suttas, I: The Book of the Great Decease, Chapter I, note 13

Pali	MO	Hare	Horner	Punnaji	Bodhi	Nanamoli	Rhys Davids	(Mrs)Rhys Davids	Thanissaro	Walshe	Woodward
hiri	Sense of Shame	Conscienciousness, modesty			sense of shame	shame	modest in heart, conscientiousness	conscientiousness	Moral Shame	Moal Shame	Sense of Shame

**Pali Text Society, Pali English Dictionary (edited entry):**
: Hiri and hir¨ (f.) sense of shame, bashfulness, shyness S I.33; D III.212; A I.51, 95; III.4 sq., 331, 352; IV.11, 29...; is one of the c¤ga-dhana's... - Often contrasted to and combined with ottappa ...fear of sin: A I.51; D III.284; S II.206.... -ottappa shame and fear of sin M I.271; S II.220. Frequently spelt otappa.... -nisedha restrained by conscience S I.7 -bala PTS.GS.III.I.I.ii">the power of conscientiousness A II.150... -mana modest in heart, conscientious D II.78; M I.43; S II.159. Hirika (and hir¨ka) having shame, only as -* in neg. ahirika shameless, unscrupulous A I.51, 85; II.219... Hirimant (and hir¨mant) bashful, modest, shy D III.252, 282; S II.207 sq.; IV.243 sq.; A II.218, 227; III.2 sq., 7 sq., 112; IV.2 sq., 38, 109... Hiriya (m. and nt.) shame, conscientiousness Hiriyati (hir¨yati) to blush, to be shy; to feel conscientious scruple, to be ashamed...

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PTS.GS.III.I.I.ii">PTS:GS.III.I.I.ii: And what, monks, is the power of conscientiousness?
Herein, monks, the Ariyan disciple is conscientious; he feels conscientious scruple when acting wrongly in deed, word and thought; on entering on evil and wrong states. This, monks, is called the power of the fear of blame.