AN 9.30 Āghātapaṭivinayasutta: Getting Rid of Resentment

“Mendicants, there are these nine methods to get rid of resentment. What nine?

1. Thinking: ‘They harmed me, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.
2. Thinking: ‘They are harming me, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.
3. Thinking: ‘They will harm me, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.
4. Thinking: ‘They harmed someone I love, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.
5. Thinking: ‘They are harming someone I love, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.
6. Thinking: ‘They will harm someone I love, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.
7. Thinking: ‘They helped someone I dislike, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.
8. Thinking: ‘They are helping someone I dislike, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.
9. Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.

These are the nine methods to get rid of resentment.”

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