Chapter 29: Anger only hurts oneself
Once, when the Buddha lived in a bamboo forest where the chinchillas were kept in the royal house, King Asura converted to the Buddha and dined with the Buddha and the Persian king, and the Piran Jabhara Brahmin, who stood next to the Asura king, raised his eyebrows and gritted his teeth. He didn't say a word, silently sulking alone, he thought to himself: "Since this bald man has coaxed the king, the king has already converted to him, and I can't refute him now, it's really angry with me, I just rushed here, I don't know what he said to the king?" If I had come earlier, it wouldn't have been like this."
When the Buddha saw the angry expression of the Piran Jabhamins, he said to him, "Those who are angry and sulking alone have their hearts burned like fire, but the anger they generate towards others can only hurt themselves, because others do not generate anger." Fire burns those who generate anger, but cannot burn those whom they resent. People who are dissatisfied and scold pure and have no fault, and those who are angry in their hearts, they are actually torturing and destroying themselves, they are allowing themselves to be tormented and punished, just like the fine sand dust thrown in the headwind, these thrown fine sand dust will be blown on their bodies by the headwind, those who smear others with filthy words and bad behavior, they are actually smearing themselves. Because these filthy words arise in their hearts, their actions have done these evil deeds, just like the stench of rotting corpses, and the smell of the corpse itself may make the people next to them also stained with the stench of the corpse. They smear others only make themselves smelly, but they cannot make pure and honest people smell bad, because pure and honest people will not produce filthy words in their hearts and will not do these bad behaviors. ”
At this time, the Buddha said:
"Pure and undefiled, with dirt and no dirt.
Evil returns its fools, and dust is sprinkled against the wind."
When the Vaishnava Brahmin heard the Buddha's teaching to himself, he replied to the Buddha: "Dade, what you said is very reasonable, I have indeed been burned by the fire of anger just now, I have just been thinking about the filthy words that insulted you and the ways to deal with you, I have become a stinking corpse, I have made myself smelly, I have hurt myself, but I cannot hurt you." Please forgive me, I was wrong, I should not let anger enslave and control my mind, I sincerely repent with you, I will never accuse others for no reason, I will never get angry for no reason, please let me convert to you, let me be your home practice disciple, I am willing to practice according to your Dharma. ”
The Buddha accepted the conversion of the Piran Jabhara Brahmins. After Piran Jaika took refuge in the Buddha, the Buddha made him sit next to him and dine together.
Pali original scripture
SN.7.4/(4) Bilaṅgikasuttaṃ
190. Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Assosi kho bilaṅgikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo – “bhāradvājagotto kira brāhmaṇo samaṇassa gotamassa santike agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito”ti kupito anattamano yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tuṇhībhūto ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Atha kho bhagavā bilaṅgikassa bhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya bilaṅgikaṃ bhāradvājaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi
“Yo appaduṭṭhassa narassa dussati, suddhassa posassa anaṅgaṇassa.
Tameva bālaṃ pacceti pāpaṃ, sukhumo rajo paṭivātaṃva khitto”ti.
Evaṃ vutte, vilaṅgikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca– “abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama …pe… abbhaññāsi. Aññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṃ ahosī”ti.