Don’t Be Angry

Akkodhasutta

Don’t Be Angry

Akkodhasutta

EN
So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants: “Once upon a time, mendicants, Sakka, lord of gods, guiding the gods of the thirty-three, spoke this verse:
PL
Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū …pe… bhagavā etadavoca: “bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo sudhammāyaṁ sabhāyaṁ deve tāvatiṁse anunayamāno tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:
EN
‘Don’t let anger be your master, don’t get angry at angry people. Kindness and harmlessness are always present in the noble ones.
PL
‘Mā vo kodho ajjhabhavi, mā ca kujjhittha kujjhataṁ; Akkodho avihiṁsā ca, ariyesu ca paṭipadā;
EN
For anger crushes bad people like a mountain.’”
PL
Atha pāpajanaṁ kodho, pabbatovābhimaddatī’”ti. Tatiyo vaggo. Tassuddānaṁ
PL
Chetvā dubbaṇṇiya māyā, accayena akodhano; Desitaṁ buddhaseṭṭhena, idañhi sakkapañcakanti.
EN
The Linked Discourses with Sakka are complete.
PL
Sakkasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ. Sagāthāvaggo paṭhamo. Tassuddānaṁ Devatā devaputto ca,
EN
The Book With Verses is finished.
PL
rājā māro ca bhikkhunī; Brahmā brāhmaṇa vaṅgīso, vanayakkhena vāsavoti. Sagāthāvaggasaṁyuttapāḷi niṭṭhitā.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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