• Numbered Discourses 9.29 Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.29
  • 3. Abodes of Sentient Beings 3. Sattāvāsavagga

Grounds for Resentment Āghātavatthusutta

“Mendicants, there are nine grounds for resentment. “Navayimāni, bhikkhave, āghātavatthūni. What nine? Katamāni nava? 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 to someone I love’ … ‘piyassa me manāpassa anatthaṁ acarī’ti …pe… ‘They are doing wrong to someone I love’ … ‘anatthaṁ caratī’ti …pe… ‘They will do wrong to 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. These are the nine grounds for resentment.” Imāni kho, bhikkhave, nava āghātavatthūnī”ti.

Navamaṁ.