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Dhammapada
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42-43*42:

Whatever an enemy might do
to an enemy,
or a foe to a foe,
the ill-directed mind
can do to you
    even worse.

Whatever a mother, father
or other kinsman
might do for you,
the well-directed mind
can do for you
    even better.

 



42: A.VII.60 illustrates this point with seven ways that a person harms him/herself when angry, bringing on results that an enemy would wish: He/she becomes ugly, sleeps badly, mistakes profit for loss and loss for profit, loses wealth, loses his/her reputation, loses friends, and acts in such a way that -- after death -- he/she reappears in a bad rebirth.





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