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Getting Rid of Resentment

Āghātapaṭivinayasutta

Ten ways of removing resentment.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.80Numbered Discourses 10.80
  • 0.28. Ākaṅkhavagga8. If You Want

0.3ĀghātapaṭivinayasuttaGetting Rid of Resentment

1.1PTS 5.151“Dasayime, bhikkhave, āghātapaṭivinayā.“Mendicants, there are these ten ways to get rid of resentment.1.2Katame dasa?What ten?1.3‘Anatthaṁ me acari, taṁ kutettha labbhā’ti āghātaṁ paṭivineti,Thinking: ‘They harmed me, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.1.4‘anatthaṁ me carati, taṁ kutettha labbhā’ti āghātaṁ paṭivineti,Thinking: ‘They are harming me …’ …1.5‘anatthaṁ me carissati, taṁ kutettha labbhā’ti āghātaṁ paṭivineti,‘They will harm me …’ …1.6piyassa me manāpassa anatthaṁ acari …pe…‘They harmed someone I love …’ …1.7carati …pe…‘They are harming someone I love …’1.8carissati, taṁ kutettha labbhāti āghātaṁ paṭivineti, appiyassa me amanāpassa atthaṁ acari …pe…‘They will harm someone I love …’ … They helped someone I dislike …’ …1.9atthaṁ carati …pe…‘They are helping someone I dislike …’ …1.10atthaṁ carissati, taṁ kutettha labbhāti āghātaṁ paṭivineti,Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.1.11aṭṭhāne ca na kuppati—And you don’t get angry for no reason.1.12ime kho, bhikkhave, dasa āghātapaṭivinayā”ti.These are the ten ways of getting rid of resentment.”

1.13Dasamaṁ.

1.14Ākaṅkhavaggo tatiyo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Ākaṅkho kaṇṭako iṭṭhā,2.2vaḍḍhi ca migasālāya;2.3Tayo dhammā ca kāko ca,2.4nigaṇṭhā dve ca āghātāti.