• Numbered Discourses 4.84 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 4.84
  • 9. Confirmed 9. Macalavagga

Valuing Anger Kodhagarusutta

ā€œMendicants, someone with four qualities is cast down to hell. ā€œCatÅ«hi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. What four? Katamehi catÅ«hi? They value anger, or denigration, or material things, or honor rather than the true teaching. Kodhagaru hoti na saddhammagaru, makkhagaru hoti na saddhammagaru, lābhagaru hoti na saddhammagaru, sakkāragaru hoti na saddhammagaru—Someone with these four qualities is cast down to hell. imehi kho, bhikkhave, catÅ«hi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

Someone with four qualities is raised up to heaven. CatÅ«hi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. What four? Katamehi catÅ«hi? They value the true teaching rather than anger, or denigration, or material things, or honor. Saddhammagaru hoti na kodhagaru, saddhammagaru hoti na makkhagaru, saddhammagaru hoti na lābhagaru, saddhammagaru hoti na sakkāragaru—Someone with these four qualities is raised up to heaven.ā€ imehi kho, bhikkhave, catÅ«hi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ saggeā€ti.

Catutthaṁ.