諸經要集 12.24

12.24

Second, the hindrance of ill will (dveṣa): Ill will is the root of losing all good qualities, the condition for falling into the evil destinies, the enemy of the joy of the Dharma, the great thief of the virtuous mind, the storehouse of harsh speech, and the axe of disaster. If while cultivating the Way one thinks: 'This person harmed me and harmed my kin, and praised my enemy; and in calculating past and future, it is also like this'—these are the nine grounds of vexation, because of which ill will arises. When thoughts of ill will cover the mind, it is called a hindrance. One must urgently abandon it and not allow it to increase. As it is said in the Dazhidu lun, Śakra Devānām Indra questioned the Buddha with a verse: