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Numbered Discourses 5.161 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.161

17. Resentment – 17. Āghātavagga

AN 5.161 Getting Rid of Resentment (1st) – Paṭhamaāghātapaṭivinayasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, a bhikkhu should use these five methods to completely get rid of resentment when it has arisen toward anyone.

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, āghātapaṭivinayā yattha bhikkhuno uppanno āghāto sabbaso paṭivinetabbo.

1.2

What five?

Katame pañca?

1.3

You should develop love for a person you resent.

Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, puggale āghāto jāyetha, mettā tasmiṁ puggale bhāvetabbā;

1.4

That’s how to get rid of resentment for that person.

evaṁ tasmiṁ puggale āghāto paṭivinetabbo.

1.5

You should develop compassion for a person you resent. …

Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, puggale āghāto jāyetha, karuṇā tasmiṁ puggale bhāvetabbā;

1.6

 

evaṁ tasmiṁ puggale āghāto paṭivinetabbo.

1.7

You should develop equanimity for a person you resent. …

Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, puggale āghāto jāyetha, upekkhā tasmiṁ puggale bhāvetabbā;

1.8

 

evaṁ tasmiṁ puggale āghāto paṭivinetabbo.

1.9

You should disregard a person you resent, paying no attention to them. …

Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, puggale āghāto jāyetha, asatiamanasikāro tasmiṁ puggale āpajjitabbo;

1.10

 

evaṁ tasmiṁ puggale āghāto paṭivinetabbo.

1.11

You should apply the concept that we are the owners of our deeds to that person:

Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, puggale āghāto jāyetha, kammassakatā tasmiṁ puggale adhiṭṭhātabbā:

1.12

‘This venerable is the owner of their deeds and heir to their deeds. Deeds are their womb, their relative, and their refuge.

‘kammassako ayamāyasmā kammadāyādo kammayoni kammabandhu kammapaṭisaraṇo,

1.13

They shall be the heir of whatever deeds they do, whether good or bad.’

yaṁ kammaṁ karissati kalyāṇaṁ vā pāpakaṁ vā tassa dāyādo bhavissatī’ti;

1.14

That’s how to get rid of resentment for that person.

evaṁ tasmiṁ puggale āghāto paṭivinetabbo.

1.15

A bhikkhu should use these five methods to completely get rid of resentment when it has arisen toward anyone.”

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca āghātapaṭivinayā, yattha bhikkhuno uppanno āghāto sabbaso paṭivinetabbo”ti.

1.16

 

Paṭhamaṁ.