• Numbered Discourses 10.79 Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.79

8. If You Want 8. Ākaṅkhavagga

Grounds for Resentment Āghātavatthusutta

“Mendicants, there are ten grounds for resentment. “Dasayimāni, bhikkhave, āghātavatthūni. What ten? Katamāni dasa? Thinking: ‘They did wrong to me,’ you harbor resentment. ‘Anatthaṁ me acarī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati; Thinking: ‘They are doing wrong to me’ … ‘anatthaṁ me caratī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati; ‘They will do wrong to me’ … ‘anatthaṁ me carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati; ‘They did wrong by someone I love’ … ‘piyassa me manāpassa anatthaṁ acarī’ti …pe… ‘They are doing wrong by someone I love’ … ‘anatthaṁ caratī’ti …pe… ‘They will do wrong by someone I love’ … ‘anatthaṁ carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati, ‘They helped someone I dislike’ … ‘appiyassa me amanāpassa atthaṁ acarī’ti …pe… ‘They are helping someone I dislike’ … ‘atthaṁ caratī’ti …pe… Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike,’ you harbor resentment. ‘atthaṁ carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati; You get angry for no reason. aṭṭhāne ca kuppati—These are the ten grounds for resentment.” imāni kho, bhikkhave, dasa āghātavatthūnī”ti.