Grounds for Resentment (AN10.79)

Numbered Discourses 10.79

8. If You Want

Grounds for Resentment

“Mendicants, there are ten grounds for resentment.

What ten?

Thinking: ‘They did wrong to me,’ you harbor resentment.

Thinking: ‘They are doing wrong to me’ …

‘They will do wrong to me’ …

‘They did wrong by someone I love’ …

‘They are doing wrong by someone I love’ …

‘They will do wrong by someone I love’ …

‘They helped someone I dislike’ …

‘They are helping someone I dislike’ …

Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike,’ you harbor resentment.

You get angry for no reason.

These are the ten grounds for resentment.”