Happiness (Sukha Vagga)
Verse 197
Pāli Source
Susukhaṃ vata jīvāma verinesu averino; verinesu manussesu viharāma averino.
English Translation
How happily we live, free of hostility among those who are hostile; among people full of hostility, we remain free of it.
Way to Enlightenment draft translation — not yet reviewed for accuracy.
Editorial Note
From the Sukha Vagga, alongside verse 202 already in this sample. Where 202 lists the worst of experiences and the best, this verse applies the same non-hostility theme from verse 5 to daily life among difficult people.
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
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