Dropping the Anger...

[Bhikkhu Samahita]

Friends:

The Only Clever Killing:

Sakka <http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/sa/sakka.htm> - the king of
the 33 <http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/t/taavatimsa.htm>
divinities - once
spoke these verses to the Blessed Buddha
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/b/buddha.htm> :

Having slain what, does one sleep in ease?
Having slain what, does one never sorrow?
What is the one thing 0ohh Gotama
<http://what-buddha-said.net/library/DPPN/g/gotama.htm>
Whose killing you approve?

The Blessed One:
Having slain Anger, one sleeps in calm ease;
Having slain Anger, one does not sorrow
The killing of Anger, 0ohh Vasava
With its poisoned root and honeyed tip:
This is the killing, the Noble Ones approve.
For having slain that, one does not grieve.

Sakka continued:
I am not one easily upset in mind.
Nor easily agitated by Anger's whirl.
I never become angry for long
Nor does Anger hang on in me.
When angry, I do not despise.
Nor do I praise own qualities.
I keep myself well controlled.
Protecting my own future good.

Therefore: Bring Anger under control;
Do not let your friendships waste away.
Do not blame the one who is blameless;
Do not speak splitting or divisive speech.
Their own Anger crushes enraged people.
Like the roaring mountain avalanche.

Do not let Anger overpower you;
Do not become angry with the angry.
Noble Ones always remain harmless.
Their own Hate crushes angry people.
Like a devastating mountain avalanche.

FUEL ON FIRE ?
Not by anger is Hate ever quenched.
Only by Kind Friendliness is Hate always quenched.
This Ancient Law is an Eternal ... Truth ...
Dhammapada
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Illustration 5 Background
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Story 5

Source: The Grouped sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya I 237-40
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http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
<http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html>
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html

Have a nice day!

Friendship is the Greatest *
Bhikkhu Samahita * Sri Lanka :-)
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Dropping the Anger...