These suttas were presented in March 2023.
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 54 From… Potaliyasutta: With Potaliya the Householder “Anger and distress should be given up, relying on not being angry and distressed.”
- MN 62 From… Mahārāhulovādasutta: 62. The Greater Discourse of Advice to Rāhula “Rāhula, practice ‘loving-kindness’ meditation. Rāhula, when you practice ‘loving-kindness’ meditation, hostility will be abandoned.”
- MN 114 From… Sevitabbāsevitabbasutta: What Should and Should Not Be Cultivated “And what kind of mental behavior causes unskillful qualities to grow while skillful qualities decline?”
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 2.3 Māghasutta: With Māgha “When what is incinerated do you sleep at ease?”
- SN 7.3 Asurindakasutta: With Bhāradvāja the Fiend “‘Ha! I won!’ thinks the fool, when speaking with harsh words.”
- SN 11.22 Dubbaṇṇiyasutta: Ugly “‘I am not one afflicted in mind, nor easily drawn by anger’s whirl.”
- SN 46.51 From… Āhārasutta: Nutriment “And what, bhikkhus, is the nutriment for the arising of unarisen ill will…”
- SN 46.55 From… Saṅgāravasutta: Saṅgarava “Suppose, brahmin, there is a bowl of water being heated over a fire, bubbling and boiling.”
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 3.25 Vajirūpamasutta: Diamond” And what, bhikkhus, is the person whose mind is like an open sore?”
- AN 3.66 From… Sāḷhasutta: With Sāḷha and His Friend “What do you think, Sāḷha? Is hate real?”
- AN 3.132 Lekhasutta: Inscriptions “And how is an individual like an inscription in rock?”
- AN 4.17 Paṭhamaagatisutta: Wrong Courses (1) “If through desire, hate, fear, or delusion one transgresses against the Dhamma”
- AN 4.110 Āsīvisasutta: Vipers “These are the four kinds of viper. In the same way, these four people similar to vipers are found in the world.”
- AN 4.122 From… Ūmibhayasutta: The Danger of Waves “Angry and upset, they resign the training and return to a lesser life.”
- AN 4.164 Khama Sutta: Tolerant (1) “Monks, there are these four modes of practice. Which four? Intolerant practice, tolerant practice, self-controlled practice, and even practice.”
- AN 4.197 Mallikādevīsutta: Queen Mallikā “This is why some females are ugly … and poor … and insignificant.”
- AN 4.200 From… Pemasutta: Love and Hate “Mendicants, these four things are born of love and hate.”
- AN 4.43 Paṭhamakodhagarusutta: Valuing Anger “Mendicants who value anger and denigration, possessions and honor, don’t grow in the teaching…”
- AN 6.27 From… Paṭhamasamayasutta: Proper Occasions (1st) “Mendicant, there are six occasions for going to see an esteemed mendicant.”
- AN 7.64 Kodhanasutta: Irritable “Mendicants, these seven things that please and assist an enemy happen to an irritable woman or man.”
- AN 9.25 Paññāsutta: Consolidated by Wisdom “I understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is no return to any state of existence.'”
- AN 9.30 Āghātapaṭivinayasutta: Getting Rid of Resentment “‘They harmed me, but what can I possibly do?’”
- AN 10.51 Sacitta Sutta: One’s Own Mind “I will be skilled in reading my own mind.”
Dhammapada
- Dhp 202 From… Sukhavagga: Happiness “There is no fire like greed, no crime like hate…”
- Dhp 222 From… Kodha Vagga: Anger
- Dhp 231–234 from… Kodhavagga: Anger “Guard against ill-tempered deeds, be restrained in body.”
Itivuttaka
- Iti 2 Dosasutta: Hate “Hate is that one thing, bhikkhus. Abandon that and I guarantee you non-returning.”
- Iti 4 Kodhasutta: Anger “When overcome by anger beings go to a bad place.”
Sutta Nipāta
- Snp 1.1 From… Uragasutta: The Serpent “When anger surges, they drive it out, as with medicine a snake’s spreading venom.”
Peta Vatthu
- Pv 2.10 Uttaramātu Sutta: Uttara’s Mother “Now what evil deed did you do by body, speech, or mind so that the water of rivers now becomes blood for you?”
Theragāthā
- Thag 6.12 Brahmadattattheragāthā: Brahmadatta “When you get angry at an angry person you just make things worse for yourself.”