<p><a href="http://www.fakebuddhaquotes.com/you-will-not-be-punished-for-your-anger-you-will-be-punished-by-your-anger/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The fakebuddhaquotes web site attributes it</a> as follows:</p>
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<p>Going back to 1993, we hit pay dirt! In <em>To Love Is to Know Me: The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living</em> (Volume 3), author Eknath Easwaran says the following:</p>
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<p>Even more intriguing to me is the karma of our health. Again, let me illustrate one or two kinds of connection. For one, the Buddha says that <strong>we are not punished for our anger, we are punished by our anger</strong>. In other words, anger is its own karma.</p>
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<p>Note the absence of quotation marks. Eknath is not quoting the Buddha, but paraphrasing his teachings on anger and karma.</p>
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<p>I've heard this quote attributed to the Buddha</p>

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  <p>You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your
  anger</p>
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<p>Does anyone know where the quote comes from? Also the The notion of punishment seems a bit non standard to me. Does anyone know the orginal term (Pali etc...) translated here as punishment and if this is an accurate translation. I do like the quote though hence the question.</p>

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Where does the Buddha say 'you will be punished by your anger'?
# Where does the Buddha say 'you will be punished by your anger'?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-25)

I've heard this quote attributed to the Buddha

> You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your
> anger

Does anyone know where the quote comes from? Also the The notion of punishment seems a bit non standard to me. Does anyone know the orginal term (Pali etc...) translated here as punishment and if this is an accurate translation. I do like the quote though hence the question.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-12-25. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

[The fakebuddhaquotes web site attributes it](http://www.fakebuddhaquotes.com/you-will-not-be-punished-for-your-anger-you-will-be-punished-by-your-anger/) as follows:

> Going back to 1993, we hit pay dirt! In *To Love Is to Know Me: The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living* (Volume 3), author Eknath Easwaran says the following:
>
> > Even more intriguing to me is the karma of our health. Again, let me illustrate one or two kinds of connection. For one, the Buddha says that **we are not punished for our anger, we are punished by our anger**. In other words, anger is its own karma.
>
> Note the absence of quotation marks. Eknath is not quoting the Buddha, but paraphrasing his teachings on anger and karma.


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