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#### Aṅguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
VIII: Ākaṅkha-Vagga

#### Sutta 80

#### Āghāta-Paṭivinaya Suttaṁ

# Hatred

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Proofed against and modified in accordance with the revised edition at dhammatalks.org
Provenance, terms and conditons

[1][pts] "There are these ten ways of subduing hatred.

Which ten

[1] "Thinking, 'He has done me harm. But what should I expect?' one subdues hatred

[2] "Thinking, 'He is doing me harm. But what should I expect?' one subdues hatred

[3] "Thinking, 'He is going to do me harm. But what should I expect?' one subdues hatred

[4] "Thinking, 'He has done harm to people who are dear and pleasing to me. But what should I expect?' one subdues hatred

[5] "Thinking, 'He is doing harm to people who are dear and pleasing to me. But what should I expect?' one subdues hatred

[6] "Thinking, 'He is going to do harm to people who are dear and pleasing to me. But what should I expect?' one subdues hatred

[7] "Thinking, 'He has aided people who are not dear or pleasing to me. But what should I expect?' one subdues hatred

[8] "Thinking, 'He is aiding people who are not dear or pleasing to me. But what should I expect?' one subdues hatred

[9] "Thinking, 'He is going to aid people who are not dear or pleasing to me. But what should I expect?' one subdues hatred

[10] "One does not get worked up over impossibilities.

"These are ten ways of subduing hatred."

Of Related Interest:

AN 4:200;
AN 5:161—162;
AN 7:60

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