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The Discourse on Slaying
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At Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove.
Then Sakka, the lord of the gods, approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and stood to one side.
Standing to one side, Sakka, the lord of the gods, addressed the Blessed One in verse -
“By slaying what does one sleep happily? By slaying what does one not sorrow?
The killing of which one thing do you approve, Gotama?”
[The Blessed One:] “By slaying anger one sleeps happily. By slaying anger one does not sorrow.
The killing of anger with its poisonous root and sweet tip, O Vāsava,
Do the noble ones praise, for by slaying that, one does not sorrow."