The Tipiṭaka in Three Languages

Māghasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Sagāthāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 15 · Section 226

[226] "Having slain anger, one sleeps at ease; having slain anger, one does not sorrow. Of anger — with its poisoned root and its sweet tip, O Vatrabhū — the noble ones praise the slaying; for having slain it, one does not sorrow." The Fourth: the Māgadha Sutta

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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