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Envy & Jealousy
Envy — resentment at the good fortune of others — is condemned across every tradition as a corrosive force that destroys inner peace and communal harmony. The Tenth Commandment, the Quran's warning against hasad, and Buddhism's analysis of comparing mind all address this perennial human weakness.
Across the World's Religions
Christianity
- Pratique
- Envy (phthonos) as work of the flesh; contentment as remedy
- Key Text
- Galatians 5:21; Proverbs 14:30; James 3:14-16
Islam
- Pratique
- Hasad (envy) — seek refuge from the envier
- Key Text
- Quran 113:5; Hadith (Muslim 2564)
Judaism
- Pratique
- Lo tachmod (do not covet) — Tenth Commandment
- Key Text
- Exodus 20:17; Pirke Avot 4:21
Hinduism
- Pratique
- Matsarya (envy) as an inner enemy; santosha as antidote
- Key Text
- Bhagavad Gita 16:19; Yoga Sutra 2.42
Buddhism
- Pratique
- Issa (envy) as hindrance; mudita (sympathetic joy) as remedy
- Key Text
- Dhammapada 262; Visuddhimagga IX.95-100