Minor Collection

Sayings of the Dhamma 221–234

17. Anger

dhp221:1 Give up anger, get rid of conceit,

dhp221:2 and escape every fetter.

dhp221:3 Sufferings don’t befall one who has nothing,

dhp221:4 not clinging to name and form.

dhp222:1 When anger surges like a lurching chariot,

dhp222:2 keep it in check.

dhp222:3 That’s what I call a charioteer;

dhp222:4 others just hold the reins.

dhp223:1 Defeat anger with kindness,

dhp223:2 villainy with virtue,

dhp223:3 stinginess with giving,

dhp223:4 and lies with truth.

dhp224:1 Speak the truth, do not be angry,

dhp224:2 and give when asked, if only a little.

dhp224:3 By these three means,

dhp224:4 you may enter the presence of the angels.

dhp225:1 Those harmless sages,

dhp225:2 always restrained in body,

dhp225:3 go to the state that does not pass,

dhp225:4 where there is no sorrow.

dhp226:1 Always wakeful,

dhp226:2 practicing night and day,

dhp226:3 focused only on extinguishment,

dhp226:4 their defilements come to an end.

dhp227:1 It’s always been this way, Atula,

dhp227:2 it’s not just today.

dhp227:3 They blame you when you’re silent,

dhp227:4 they blame you when you speak a lot,

dhp227:5 and even when you speak just right:

dhp227:6 no one in the world escapes blame.

dhp228:1 There never was, nor will be,

dhp228:2 nor is there today,

dhp228:3 someone who is wholly praised

dhp228:4 or wholly blamed.

dhp229:1 If, after watching them day in day out,

dhp229:2 discerning people praise

dhp229:3 that sage of impeccable conduct,

dhp229:4 endowed with ethics and wisdom;

dhp230:1 like a pendant of Black Plum River gold,

dhp230:2 who is worthy to criticize them?

dhp230:3 Even the angels praise them,

dhp230:4 and by God, too, they’re praised.

dhp231:1 Guard against ill-tempered deeds,

dhp231:2 be restrained in body.

dhp231:3 Giving up bad bodily conduct,

dhp231:4 conduct yourself well in body.

dhp232:1 Guard against ill-tempered words,

dhp232:2 be restrained in speech.

dhp232:3 Giving up bad verbal conduct,

dhp232:4 conduct yourself well in speech.

dhp233:1 Guard against ill-tempered thoughts,

dhp233:2 be restrained in mind.

dhp233:3 Giving up bad mental conduct,

dhp233:4 conduct yourself well in mind.

dhp234:1 An attentive one is restrained in body

dhp234:2 restrained also in speech,

dhp234:3 in thought, too, they are restrained:

dhp234:4 they are restrained in every way.