Friends:

How to prevent, tranquilize, and cure Ill Will, Aversion and Enmity?

Ill will is the wishing evil for others: 'May they perish! May they meet much misery...'
It is a derivative of Hate usually provoked by possessive defensiveness (Greed)...

What to do if such malevolent grudge recurs often ?

A:

1: Develop Infinite Friendliness (Metta) by starting daily meditation.
2: Cultivate Endless Pity (Karuna) by continuous daily meditation.
3: Increase Universal Equanimity (Upekkha) by daily meditation.
4: Stop all thinking on the disliked object. Attend to liked object.
5: Know that everyone is then owner of the consequences of
    their actions (Kamma) whether good or bad...
B:


Remember the Simile of the Saw... The Blessed Buddha once said:
Friends, even if bandits were to cut you up, savagely, limb by limb,
with a two-handled saw, you should not be angry but do my bidding:
Remain pervading them with a friendly Awareness imbued with an
all-embracing good will, kind, rich, expansive, and immeasurable.
Free from hostility, free from ill will. Always remembering this very
Simile of the Saw is indeed how you should train yourselves...
Majjhima Nikāya 21

C:


All phenomena are only combinations of the Elements of:
Solidity, Fluidity, Heat, Motion, Space & Consciousness...
Then think like this:
With which of these elements am I angry and why so?

Then the evil ill-will may momentarily vanish right on the spot!!!
Remember & repeat this good-will-cure whenever necessary...

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