10. Understanding Hate

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

“Dosaṁ, bhikkhave, anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ tattha cittaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.

Dosañca kho, bhikkhave, abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ tattha cittaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāyā”ti.

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.

Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“Yena dosena duṭṭhāse,

sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ;

Taṁ dosaṁ sammadaññāya,

pajahanti vipassino;

Pahāya na punāyanti,

imaṁ lokaṁ kudācanan”ti.

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

Dasamaṁ.

Pāṭibhogavaggo paṭhamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Rāgadosā atha moho,

Kodhamakkhā mānaṁ sabbaṁ;

Mānato rāgadosā puna dve,

Pakāsitā vaggamāhu paṭhamanti.

This was said by the Lord…

“Bhikkhus, one who has not directly known and fully understood hate, who has not detached his mind from it and abandoned it, is incapable of destroying suffering. But one who has directly known and fully understood hate, and who has detached his mind from it and abandoned it, is capable of destroying suffering.”

Humankind is possessed by hate,
Bound by hate and delighted with being;
Not fully understanding hate,
They come again to renewal of being.

But those who have abandoned hate,
And who by destroying hate are freed,
Have conquered the bondage of hate
And overcome all suffering.