A Collection of Buddhist Wisdom Verses - Ancient Buddhist Texts

20: Faults
398. Tasseva tena pāpiyo, yo kuddhaṁ paṭikujjhati,
Kuddhaṁ appaṭikujjhanto, saṅgāmaṁ jeti dujjayaṁ.
By this he makes it worse, the one
Who gets angry at the angry,
But the one who is unangered,
He wins a difficult battle,
399. Ubhinnam-atthaṁ carati attano ca parassa ca,
Paraṁ saṅkupitaṁ ñatvā, yo sato upasammati.
That one lives for the true benefit
Of both himself and the other,
Who, knowing others are angry,
Remains mindful and very calm.
400. Ubhinnaṁ tikicchantānaṁ attano ca parassa ca.
Janā maññanti: Bālo ti, ye Dhammassa akovidā.” ti
He is treating with medicine
Both himself and the other one.
Those who think: This one is a fool,
Are unskilled in the True Dhamma.”
The Fourth Hundred
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