Anger (Kodha Vagga)
Verse 223
Pāli Source
Akkodhena jine kodhaṁ, asādhuṁ sādhunā jine; jine kadariyaṁ dānena, saccenālikavādinaṁ.
English Translation
Meet anger without anger. Answer what is unwholesome with what is good. Meet stinginess with generosity, and meet dishonesty with truth.
Way to Enlightenment draft translation — not yet reviewed for accuracy.
Editorial Note
This verse gives four paired instructions in a single line — each names a difficulty and its answer, rather than simply telling the reader to "be better."
Source
Pali critical edition: O. von Hinüber & K.R. Norman (Pali Text Society, 1995), digitized by the Dhammakaya Foundation via GRETIL, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0