{"id":"dhp221-234","title":"17. Anger","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dhp221-234","title":"17. Anger","units":[{"id":"dhp221:0","sourceIds":["dhp221:0.1","dhp221:0.2","dhp221:0.3","dhp221:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakanikāya\nDhammapada\nKodhavagga\nRohinīkhattiyakaññāvatthu","en":"Minor Collection\nSayings of the Dhamma 221–234\n17. 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truth."}},{"id":"dhp224:0","sourceIds":["dhp224:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mahāmoggallānapañhavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp224:1","sourceIds":["dhp224:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saccaṁ bhaṇe na kujjheyya,","en":"Speak the truth, do not be angry,"}},{"id":"dhp224:2","sourceIds":["dhp224:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"dajjā appampi yācito;","en":"and give when asked, if only a little."}},{"id":"dhp224:3","sourceIds":["dhp224:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etehi tīhi ṭhānehi,","en":"By these three means,"}},{"id":"dhp224:4","sourceIds":["dhp224:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"gacche devāna santike.","en":"you may enter the presence of the gods."}},{"id":"dhp225:0","sourceIds":["dhp225:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Buddhapitubrāhmaṇavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp225:1","sourceIds":["dhp225:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ahiṁsakā ye munayo,","en":"Those harmless sages,"}},{"id":"dhp225:2","sourceIds":["dhp225:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"niccaṁ kāyena saṁvutā;","en":"always restrained in 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end."}},{"id":"dhp227:0","sourceIds":["dhp227:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atulaupāsakavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp227:1","sourceIds":["dhp227:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Porāṇametaṁ atula,","en":"It’s always been this way, Atula,"}},{"id":"dhp227:2","sourceIds":["dhp227:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"netaṁ ajjatanāmiva;","en":"it’s not just today."}},{"id":"dhp227:3","sourceIds":["dhp227:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nindanti tuṇhimāsīnaṁ,","en":"They blame you when you’re silent,"}},{"id":"dhp227:4","sourceIds":["dhp227:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"nindanti bahubhāṇinaṁ;","en":"they blame you when you speak a lot,"}},{"id":"dhp227:5","sourceIds":["dhp227:5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mitabhāṇimpi nindanti,","en":"and even when you speak just right:"}},{"id":"dhp227:6","sourceIds":["dhp227:6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"natthi loke anindito.","en":"no one in the world escapes blame."}},{"id":"dhp228:1","sourceIds":["dhp228:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na cāhu na ca bhavissati,","en":"There never was, nor will be,"}},{"id":"dhp228:2","sourceIds":["dhp228:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"na cetarahi vijjati;","en":"nor is there today,"}},{"id":"dhp228:3","sourceIds":["dhp228:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekantaṁ nindito poso,","en":"someone who is wholly praised"}},{"id":"dhp228:4","sourceIds":["dhp228:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"ekantaṁ vā pasaṁsito.","en":"or wholly blamed."}},{"id":"dhp229:1","sourceIds":["dhp229:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yañce viññū pasaṁsanti,","en":"If, after watching them day in day out,"}},{"id":"dhp229:2","sourceIds":["dhp229:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"anuvicca suve suve;","en":"discerning people praise"}},{"id":"dhp229:3","sourceIds":["dhp229:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Acchiddavuttiṁ medhāviṁ,","en":"that sage of impeccable conduct,"}},{"id":"dhp229:4","sourceIds":["dhp229:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"paññāsīlasamāhitaṁ.","en":"endowed with ethics and 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