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iti.4 Itivuttaka

Anger

This was said by the Lord…

“… Anger is that one thing, bhikkhus. Abandon that and I guarantee you non-returning.”

Beings enraged with anger
Go to rebirth in a bad bourn.
But having rightly understood anger,
Those with insight abandon it.
By abandoning it they never come
Back to this world again.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato