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Dutiyakodhagarusutta

Valuing Anger (2nd)

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, asaddhammā.
“Mendicants, these four things oppose the true teaching.

Katame cattāro?
What four?

Kodhagarutā na saddhammagarutā, makkhagarutā na saddhammagarutā, lābhagarutā na saddhammagarutā, sakkāragarutā na saddhammagarutā.
Valuing anger, denigration, material possessions, and honor rather than the true teaching.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro asaddhammā.
These are the four things that oppose the true teaching.

Cattārome, bhikkhave, saddhammā.
These four things are the true teaching.

Katame cattāro?
What four?

Saddhammagarutā na kodhagarutā, saddhammagarutā na makkhagarutā, saddhammagarutā na lābhagarutā, saddhammagarutā na sakkāragarutā.
Valuing the true teaching rather than anger, denigration, material possessions, and honor.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro saddhammāti.
These are the four things that are the true teaching.

Kodhamakkhagaru bhikkhu,
A mendicant who values anger and denigration,

lābhasakkāragāravo;
possessions and honor,

Sukhette pūtibījaṁva,
doesn’t grow in the true teaching,

saddhamme na virūhati.
like a rotten seed in a good field.

Ye ca saddhammagaruno,
But those who value the true teaching,

vihaṁsu viharanti ca;
who have lived it, and are living it now,

Te ve dhamme virūhanti,
these do grow in the teaching,

snehānvayamivosadhā”ti.
like well-watered herbs.”

Catutthaṁ.