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Dhammapada — Chapter 17: Kodhavagga

14 verses

Verse 1

Abandon anger, give up pride, overcome all fetters. Suffering does not befall one who clings not to mind-and-body and possesses nothing.

Verse 2

One who holds back arisen anger as one would a swerving chariot — that one I call a true charioteer. Others merely hold the reins.

Verse 3

Conquer anger with non-anger; conquer evil with good. Conquer the miser with generosity; conquer the liar with truth.

Verse 4

Speak the truth, do not give way to anger, give when asked even from the little you have — by these three things one may reach the presence of the go…

Verse 5

Those sages who are harmless and always restrained in body go to the deathless state, where having gone they grieve no more.