A Mind Free of Resentment

A Mind Free of Resentment is a Liberated Mind Holding on to resentment is like throwing hot coals at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha (Dhammapada, verses 3-4) Hatred does not cease by hatred; only compassion can end hatred. - Buddha (Dhammapada, verse 5) The wise do not let their minds be tainted by resentment, for they know it leads to suffering. - Anguttara Nikaya He who holds resentment is like one who holds a thorn, the tighter the grip, the greater the pain. - Buddha Resentment is a shackle, compassion is the key to liberation. - Dhammapada He who does not harbor resentment understands the impermanent nature of all things. - Samyutta Nikaya He who holds resentment builds a prison for their own soul. - Anguttara Nikaya He who does not harbor resentment finds the path to Nirvana. - Buddha The wise let go of resentment to free their souls. - Dhammapada Resentment is a fire that burns the soul; compassion is the rain that extinguishes it. - Buddha He who does not harbor resentment has found the path to freedom. - Anguttara Nikaya He who does not harbor resentment understands the nature of suffering. - Samyutta Nikaya The wise do not let resentment rule their hearts, for they know it leads to suffering. - Dhammapada