In the Aghatavinaya Sutta , there are five antidotes given for arisen ill-will(āghāto). I am puzzled because one of these is to develop equanimity ("upekkhā tasmiṃ puggale bhāvetabbā") and another is to reflect on ownership of kamma, which is used to generate (/is the cause of) equanimity as I understand it. I don't understand what is intended by having these separate. Full text follows.
> "There are these five ways of subduing hatred by which, when hatred
> arises in a monk, he should wipe it out completely. Which five?
>
> "When one gives birth to hatred for an individual, one should develop
> good will for that individual. Thus the hatred for that individual
> should be subdued.
>
> "When one gives birth to hatred for an individual, one should develop
> compassion for that individual. Thus the hatred for that individual
> should be subdued.
>
> "When one gives birth to hatred for an individual, one should develop
> equanimity toward that individual. Thus the hatred for that individual
> should be subdued.
>
> "When one gives birth to hatred for an individual, one should pay him
> no mind & pay him no attention. Thus the hatred for that individual
> should be subdued.
>
> "When one gives birth to hatred for an individual, one should direct
> one's thoughts to the fact of his being the product of his actions:
> 'This venerable one is the doer of his actions, heir to his actions,
> born of his actions, related by his actions, and has his actions as
> his arbitrator. Whatever action he does, for good or for evil, to that
> will he fall heir.' Thus the hatred for that individual should be
> subdued.
>
> "These are five ways of subduing hatred by which, when hatred arises
> in a monk, he should wipe it out completely."
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Sep 7, 2015, 11:27 PM
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