{"id":"thag6.12","title":"Brahmadatta","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag6.12","title":"Brahmadatta","units":[{"id":"thag6.12:0","sourceIds":["thag6.12:0.1","thag6.12:0.2","thag6.12:0.3","thag6.12:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 6.12\nChakkanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nBrahmadattattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 6.12\nThe Book of the Sixes\nChapter One\nBrahmadatta"}},{"id":"thag6.12:1","sourceIds":["thag6.12:1.1","thag6.12:1.2","thag6.12:1.3","thag6.12:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Akkodhassa kuto kodho,\ndantassa samajīvino;\nSammadaññāvimuttassa,\nupasantassa tādino.","en":"Whence anger for one free of anger,\ntamed, living justly,\nfreed by right knowledge,\npeaceful and unaffected?"}},{"id":"thag6.12:2","sourceIds":["thag6.12:2.1","thag6.12:2.2","thag6.12:2.3","thag6.12:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasseva tena pāpiyo,\nyo kuddhaṁ paṭikujjhati;\nKuddhaṁ appaṭikujjhanto,\nsaṅgāmaṁ jeti dujjayaṁ.","en":"When you get angry at an angry person\nyou just make things worse for yourself.\nWhen you don’t get angry at an angry person\nyou win a battle hard to win."}},{"id":"thag6.12:3","sourceIds":["thag6.12:3.1","thag6.12:3.2","thag6.12:3.3","thag6.12:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ubhinnamatthaṁ carati,\nattano ca parassa ca;\nParaṁ saṅkupitaṁ ñatvā,\nyo sato upasammati.","en":"When you know that the other is angry,\nyou act for the good of both\nyourself and the other\nif you’re mindful and stay calm."}},{"id":"thag6.12:4","sourceIds":["thag6.12:4.1","thag6.12:4.2","thag6.12:4.3","thag6.12:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ubhinnaṁ tikicchantaṁ taṁ,\nattano ca parassa ca;\nJanā maññanti bāloti,\nye dhammassa akovidā.","en":"People inexpert in the teaching\nconsider one who heals both\noneself and the other\nto be a fool."}},{"id":"thag6.12:5","sourceIds":["thag6.12:5.1","thag6.12:5.2","thag6.12:5.3","thag6.12:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uppajje te sace kodho,\nāvajja kakacūpamaṁ;\nUppajje ce rase taṇhā,\nputtamaṁsūpamaṁ sara.","en":"If anger arises in you,\nreflect on the simile of the saw;\nif craving for flavors arises in you,\nremember the simile of the child’s flesh."}},{"id":"thag6.12:6","sourceIds":["thag6.12:6.1","thag6.12:6.2","thag6.12:6.3","thag6.12:6.4","thag6.12:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sace dhāvati cittaṁ te,\nkāmesu ca bhavesu ca;\nKhippaṁ niggaṇha satiyā,\nkiṭṭhādaṁ viya duppasun”ti.\n… Brahmadatto thero ….","en":"If your mind runs off\nto sensual pleasures and future lives,\nquickly curb it with mindfulness,\nas one would curb a greedy cow eating grain."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag6.12/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}