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Getting Rid of Resentment

Āghātapaṭivinayasutta

Nine ways of removing resentment.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.30Numbered Discourses 9.30
  • 0.23. Sattāvāsavagga3. Abodes of Sentient Beings

0.3ĀghātapaṭivinayasuttaGetting Rid of Resentment

1.1PTS 4.409“Navayime, bhikkhave, āghātapaṭivinayā.“Mendicants, there are these nine ways to get rid of resentment.1.2Katame nava?What nine?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 …’ …1.7anatthaṁ carati …pe…‘They are harming someone I love …’ …1.8‘anatthaṁ carissati, taṁ kutettha labbhā’ti āghātaṁ paṭivineti;‘They will harm someone I love …’ …1.9appiyassa me amanāpassa atthaṁ acari …pe…‘They helped someone I dislike …’ …1.10atthaṁ carati …pe…‘They are helping someone I dislike …’ …1.11‘atthaṁ carissati, taṁ kutettha labbhā’ti āghātaṁ paṭivineti.Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.1.12Ime kho, bhikkhave, nava āghātapaṭivinayā”ti.These are the nine ways to get rid of resentment.”

1.13Dasamaṁ.