‘He insulted me, he struck me,
He defeated me, he robbed me’:
For those who get caught up in this,
Hatred does not cease.
‘He insulted me, he struck me,
He defeated me, he robbed me’:
For those who do not get caught up in this,
Hatred ceases completely.
For never here
Do hatreds cease by hatred.
By freedom from hatred they cease:
This is a perennial truth.
The Dhammapada
