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Getting Rid of Resentment (1st)

Paṭhamaāghātapaṭivinayasutta

Five reflections to help eliminate resentment, in brief.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.161Numbered Discourses 5.161
  • 0.217. Āghātavagga17. Resentment

0.3PaṭhamaāghātapaṭivinayasuttaGetting Rid of Resentment (1st)

1.1PTS 3.186“Pañcime, bhikkhave, āghātapaṭivinayā yattha bhikkhuno uppanno āghāto sabbaso paṭivinetabbo.“Mendicants, a mendicant should use these five ways to completely get rid of resentment when it has arisen toward anyone.1.2Katame pañca?What five?

1.3Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, puggale āghāto jāyetha, mettā tasmiṁ puggale bhāvetabbā;You should develop love for an individual you resent.1.4evaṁ tasmiṁ puggale āghāto paṭivinetabbo.That’s how to get rid of resentment for that individual.

1.5Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, puggale āghāto jāyetha, karuṇā tasmiṁ puggale bhāvetabbā;You should develop compassion for an individual you resent. …1.6evaṁ tasmiṁ puggale āghāto paṭivinetabbo.

1.7Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, puggale āghāto jāyetha, upekkhā tasmiṁ puggale bhāvetabbā;You should develop equanimity for an individual you resent. …1.8evaṁ tasmiṁ puggale āghāto paṭivinetabbo.

1.9Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, puggale āghāto jāyetha, asatiamanasikāro tasmiṁ puggale āpajjitabbo;You should disregard an individual you resent, paying no attention to them. …1.10evaṁ tasmiṁ puggale āghāto paṭivinetabbo.

1.11Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, puggale āghāto jāyetha, kammassakatā tasmiṁ puggale adhiṭṭhātabbā:You should focus on the ownership of deeds regarding that individual:1.12‘kammassako ayamāyasmā kammadāyādo kammayoni kammabandhu kammapaṭisaraṇo,‘This venerable is the owner of their deeds and heir to their deeds. Deeds are their womb, their relative, and their refuge.1.13yaṁ kammaṁ karissati kalyāṇaṁ vā pāpakaṁ vā tassa dāyādo bhavissatī’ti;They shall be the heir of whatever deeds they do, whether good or bad.’1.14evaṁ tasmiṁ puggale āghāto paṭivinetabbo.That’s how to get rid of resentment for that individual.

1.15Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca āghātapaṭivinayā, yattha bhikkhuno uppanno āghāto sabbaso paṭivinetabbo”ti.A mendicant should use these five ways to completely get rid of resentment when it has arisen toward anyone.”

1.16Paṭhamaṁ.