3. Tatiyavagga

Chapter Three

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 11.25

Linked Discourses 11.25

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3. Tatiyavagga

Chapter Three

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Akkodhasutta

Don’t Be Angry

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Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

So I have heard.

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ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.

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Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū …pe… bhagavā etadavoca:

There the Buddha addressed the mendicants:

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“bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo sudhammāyaṁ sabhāyaṁ deve tāvatiṁse anunayamāno tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

“Once upon a time, mendicants, Sakka, lord of gods, guiding the gods of the thirty-three, spoke this verse:

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‘Mā vo kodho ajjhabhavi,

‘Don’t let anger be your master,

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mā ca kujjhittha kujjhataṁ;

don’t get angry at angry people.

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Akkodho avihiṁsā ca,

Kindness and harmlessness

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ariyesu ca paṭipadā;

are always present in the noble ones.

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Atha pāpajanaṁ kodho,

For anger crushes bad people

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pabbatovābhimaddatī’”ti.

like a mountain.’”

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Tatiyo vaggo.

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Tassuddānaṁ

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Chetvā dubbaṇṇiya māyā,

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accayena akodhano;

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Desitaṁ buddhaseṭṭhena,

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idañhi sakkapañcakanti.

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Sakkasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.

The Linked Discourses with Sakka are complete.

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Sagāthāvaggo paṭhamo.

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Tassuddānaṁ

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Devatā devaputto ca,

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rājā māro ca bhikkhunī;

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Brahmā brāhmaṇa vaṅgīso,

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vanayakkhena vāsavoti.

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Sagāthāvaggasaṁyuttapāḷi niṭṭhitā.

The Book With Verses is finished.