The Only Clever Killing:
Sakka - the king of the
33 divinities
- once
spoke these verses to the Blessed
Buddha:
Having slain what, does one sleep in ease?
Having slain what, does one never sorrow?
What is the one thing 0ohh
Gotama
Whose killing you approve?
The Blessed One:
Having slain Anger, one sleeps in calm ease;
Having slain Anger, one does not sorrow
The killing of Anger, 0ohh Vasava
With its poisoned root and honeyed tip:
This is the killing, the Noble Ones approve.
For having slain that, one does not grieve.
Sakka continued:
I am not one easily upset in mind.
Nor easily agitated by Anger's whirl.
I never become angry for long
Nor does Anger hang on in me.
When angry, I do not despise.
Nor do I praise own qualities.
I keep myself well controlled.
Protecting my own future good.
Therefore:
Bring Anger under control;
Do not let your friendships waste
away.
Do not blame the one who is blameless;
Do not speak splitting or
divisive speech.
Their own Anger crushes enraged people.
Like the roaring mountain avalanche.
Do not let Anger overpower you;
Do not become angry with the angry.
Noble Ones always remain harmless.
Their own Hate crushes angry people.
Like a devastating mountain avalanche.
FUEL ON FIRE ?
Not by anger is Hate ever quenched.
Only by Kind Friendliness is Hate always quenched.
This Ancient Law is an
Eternal ... Truth ...
Dhammapada Illustration 5
Background Story 5
Source: The Grouped sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya I 237-40
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html
