The Buddha teaches on grounds for resentment, presenting a ninefold teaching for disciples on the path.
“Navayimāni, bhikkhave, āghātavatthūni. Katamāni nava? ‘Anatthaṁ me acarī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati; ‘anatthaṁ me caratī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati; ‘anatthaṁ me carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati; ‘piyassa me manāpassa anatthaṁ acarī’ti …pe… ‘anatthaṁ caratī’ti …pe… ‘anatthaṁ carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati; ‘appiyassa me amanāpassa atthaṁ acarī’ti …pe… ‘atthaṁ caratī’ti …pe… ‘atthaṁ carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, nava āghātavatthūnī”ti.
Navamaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Navayimāni, bhikkhave, āghātavatthūni.
“Mendicants, there are nine grounds for resentment.
Katamāni nava?
What nine?
‘Anatthaṁ me acarī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati;
Thinking: ‘They did wrong to me,’ you harbor resentment.
‘anatthaṁ me caratī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati;
Thinking: ‘They are doing wrong to me’ …
‘anatthaṁ me carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati;
‘They will do wrong to me’ …
‘piyassa me manāpassa anatthaṁ acarī’ti …pe…
‘They did wrong to someone I love’ …
‘anatthaṁ caratī’ti …pe…
‘They are doing wrong to someone I love’ …
‘anatthaṁ carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati;
‘They will do wrong to someone I love’ …
‘appiyassa me amanāpassa atthaṁ acarī’ti …pe…
‘They helped someone I dislike’ …
‘atthaṁ caratī’ti …pe…
‘They are helping someone I dislike’ …
‘atthaṁ carissatī’ti āghātaṁ bandhati.
Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike,’ you harbor resentment.
Imāni kho, bhikkhave, nava āghātavatthūnī”ti.
These are the nine grounds for resentment.”
Navamaṁ.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026