Can someone help me to find suttas on Self compassion

**QN:** I'm looking for Buddha's teachings on self compassion. (Especially for lay practitioners.) There are few verses which can be found in Dhammapada: > He, who by good deeds covers the evil he has done, illuminates this world like the moon freed from clouds. (Dhp, verse 173) Angulimala Sutta also represents forgiveness and self compassion if some mistakes has happened due to lack of mindfulness or by ignorance. I personally think that self compassion is required otherwise we may fall in too much guilt instead of improving ourselves. And by understanding our own suffering, we can understand the suffering of others and help them better. It will make this world a better place. ---------- **Update:** At the beginning, I was asking for very specific suttas but I understood that there are less suttas directly connected to Self compassion. _**(So you can use any sutta which are relevant and makes sense.)**_ And I think there is a reason for it. I feel that Buddha wanted to say, develop compassion in all directions (including inward & outward). Because if we develop it only towards self or only others in either case, it will lead to Identification which will stop us from direct knowing and release. He always mentioned it as whole. I also found [[SN 56.11]](https://suttacentral.net/sn56.11/en/sujato) very relevant. >"Mendicants, these two extremes should not be cultivated by one who has gone forth. What two? Indulgence in sensual pleasures, which is low, crude, ordinary, ignoble, and pointless. And indulgence in self-mortification, which is painful, ignoble, and pointless. Avoiding these two extremes, the Realized One woke up by understanding the middle way..." _I hope everyone will participate. And you're free to edit and improve your answer if needed.^^_