Imagery in the Early Buddhist Texts
Vyāpāda — Hatred and Aversion
This is part 4 of a course going systematically through Bhikkhu Analayo's Excursions series.
Illustration by Ayya Vimalayani aka "Ven Yodha"
The opposite of love, acceptance, and compassion, vyāpāda hollows us out.
First, read Analayo’s Craving chapter 3, then:
Suttas
Similes
Hecker similes numbered: 52, 61, 66 and 70.
Reflections
The images here have a distinct character of disgust: charnel ground, flies, bitter seeds. How do such images encourage you to overcome aversion?