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Linked Discourses · SN 11.25

  • Linked Discourses 11.25Saṁyutta Nikāya 11.25
  • Chapter Three3. Tatiyavagga

Don’t Be AngryAkkodhasutta

So I have heard.Evaṁ me sutaṁ— At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

There the Buddha addressed the mendicants:Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū …pe… bhagavā etadavoca:

“Once upon a time, mendicants, Sakka, lord of gods, guiding the gods of the thirty-three, spoke this verse:“bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo sudhammāyaṁ sabhāyaṁ deve tāvatiṁse anunayamāno tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

‘Don’t let anger be your master,‘Mā vo kodho ajjhabhavi, don’t get angry at angry people.mā ca kujjhittha kujjhataṁ; Kindness and harmlessnessAkkodho avihiṁsā ca, are always present in the noble ones.ariyesu ca paṭipadā; For anger crushes bad peopleAtha pāpajanaṁ kodho, like a mountain.’”pabbatovābhimaddatī’”ti.

The Linked Discourses with Sakka are complete.Sakkasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.

The Book With Verses is finished.Sagāthāvaggasaṁyuttapāḷi niṭṭhitā.