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Samyutta Nikaya I.71
Ghatva Sutta
Having Killed
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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As she was standing to one side, a devata recited this verse to the Blessed One:
Having killed what
do you sleep in ease?
Having killed what
do you not grieve?
Of the slaying
of what one thing
does Gotama approve?
[The Buddha:]
Having killed anger
you sleep in ease.
Having killed anger
you do not grieve.
The noble ones praise
the slaying of anger
-- with its honeyed crest
& poison root --
for having killed it
you do not grieve.
Revised: Saturday 2005.01.29
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