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Grounds for Resentment

Āghātavatthusutta

Ten ground for resentment.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.79Numbered Discourses 10.79
  • 0.28. Ākaṅkhavagga8. If You Want

0.3ĀghātavatthusuttaGrounds for Resentment

1.1“Dasayimāni, bhikkhave, āghātavatthūni.“Mendicants, there are ten grounds for resentment.1.2Katamāni dasa?What ten?1.3‘Anatthaṁ me acarī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati;Thinking: ‘They did wrong to me,’ you harbor resentment.1.4‘anatthaṁ me caratī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati;Thinking: ‘They are doing wrong to me’ …1.5‘anatthaṁ me carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati;‘They will do wrong to me’ …1.6‘piyassa me manāpassa anatthaṁ acarī’ti …pe…‘They did wrong by someone I love’ …1.7‘anatthaṁ caratī’ti …pe…‘They are doing wrong by someone I love’ …1.8‘anatthaṁ carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati,‘They will do wrong by someone I love’ …1.9‘appiyassa me amanāpassa atthaṁ acarī’ti …pe…‘They helped someone I dislike’ …1.10‘atthaṁ caratī’ti …pe…‘They are helping someone I dislike’ …1.11‘atthaṁ carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati;Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike,’ you harbor resentment.1.12aṭṭhāne ca kuppati—You get angry for no reason.1.13imāni kho, bhikkhave, dasa āghātavatthūnī”ti.These are the ten grounds for resentment.”

1.14Navamaṁ.