Grounds for Resentment (AN9.29)

Numbered Discourses 9.29

3. Abodes of Sentient Beings

Grounds for Resentment

“Mendicants, there are nine grounds for resentment.

What nine?

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 to someone I love’ …

‘They are doing wrong to someone I love’ …

‘They will do wrong to someone I love’ …

‘They helped someone I dislike’ …

‘They are helping someone I dislike’ …

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

These are the nine grounds for resentment.”