Ancient

The Dhammapada

compiled c. 3rd century BCE

Verses of the Buddhist canon

A collection of sayings in the Pali canon, arranged as a path. The most quoted verse is not a mood. It is a claim about how hatred actually ends, and how it does not.

In the canon

  1. Hatred does not cease by hatred at any time. Hatred ceases by love. This is an old rule.Dhammapada

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