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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
- Thực hành
- Envy (phthonos) as work of the flesh; contentment as remedy
- Key Text
- Galatians 5:21; Proverbs 14:30; James 3:14-16
Islam
- Thực hành
- Hasad (envy) — seek refuge from the envier
- Key Text
- Quran 113:5; Hadith (Muslim 2564)
Judaism
- Thực hành
- Lo tachmod (do not covet) — Tenth Commandment
- Key Text
- Exodus 20:17; Pirke Avot 4:21
Hinduism
- Thực hành
- Matsarya (envy) as an inner enemy; santosha as antidote
- Key Text
- Bhagavad Gita 16:19; Yoga Sutra 2.42
Buddhism
- Thực hành
- Issa (envy) as hindrance; mudita (sympathetic joy) as remedy
- Key Text
- Dhammapada 262; Visuddhimagga IX.95-100