釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.41

4.41

Third, explaining the treatment for the disease of excessive anger: as the sūtra states, 'For those with excessive anger, teach the contemplation of benevolence.' Since there are three types of the disease of anger, now the counteraction also has three: First, explaining the treatment for unjust anger: day and night the mind ponders unreason, wishing to afflict others with evil things—the symptoms of anger arising are fully as explained above. To treat it, one should instruct them to cultivate benevolence conditioned on sentient beings: taking the mark of a beloved person obtaining happiness, condition upon it to enter absorption. Seeing a beloved person obtaining happiness in this way, cause resentful enemies and the like all to obtain happiness as well; taking the mark of others' happiness can give rise to fond regard, thereby shattering the mind of anger, affliction, enmity, and harm toward sentient beings.