Parent:: [[Saddhamma]]
# Hiri (Moral Shame / Shyness) & Ottappa (Moral Dread / Aware of Consequences)
![[MN53 Sekhasutta#^hiri-ottappa]]
> [!warning] It's Darkness Hiri and Otappa — In Kaṇhasutta ([AN2.7](https://suttacentral.net/an2.7/en/sujato))
> “These two things, mendicants, are **dark**.
> _“Dveme, bhikkhave, dhammā **kaṇhā**._
>
> What two?
> _Katame dve?_
>
> **Lack of conscience and prudence**.
> _**==Ahirikañca anottappañca==**._
>
> These are the two things that are dark.”
> _Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve dhammā kaṇhā”ti._
## Videos
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## Suttas
- AN2.9 Aṅguttara Nikāya ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an2.9/en/sujato))
- Moral shame and fear guards the world :)
- DN26 Cakkavattisutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/dn26/en/sujato))
- Morality will disappear in the world :)
- [[AN10.76 Tayodhammasutta]]
- Hiri and Ottappa is the beginning of the path