ANGER 1.0 - A Buddhist Perspective on Exploring Anger through Lockdown

<p>Welcome back to the <strong>Sutta Meditation Series Podcast</strong>.</p> <p>In this session, <strong>we use the real-life experience of lockdown and restrictions over the past year and half to explore the topic of Anger from a Buddhist Perspective</strong>. &nbsp;</p> <p>The intention is to cultivate wisdom - so that we do not create the conditions for anger to arise, and if anger has arisen that we make an effort to abandon any of the mental stains associated with anger.&nbsp;</p> <p>In this session we:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>- Explore the real-life experience of Lockdown&nbsp;</li> <li>- Brainstorm personal reasons for Anger during the Lockdown&nbsp;</li> <li>- Look into what we do when we get angry&nbsp;</li> <li>- Deep dive into the Grounds for Anger in the Āghātavatthu Sutta (AN 10.79) &nbsp;</li> <li>- Deconstruct the grounds for Anger &amp; Resentment&nbsp;</li> <li>- Deconstruct mental defilements and their links in the Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7) &nbsp;</li> <li>- Examine how these can lead to giving up Anger &amp; Resentment &nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Suttas that are covered directly or indirectly in this session:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>— Sallekha Sutta (MN 8)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Potaliya Sutta (MN 54)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Āghātavatthu Sutta (AN 10.79) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Āghātavatthu Sutta (AN 5.161)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Āghātavatthu Sutta (AN 9.29)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56.11)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Abhiṇhapaccavekkhitabbaṭhāna Sutta (AN 5.57)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Saṁsappanīya Sutta (AN 10.216)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Cūḷakammavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 135)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Duccaritavipāka Sutta (AN 8.40)&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>To read the Āghātavatthu Sutta (AN 10.79) - https://suttacentral.net/an10.79/en/sujato&nbsp;</p> <p>To read the Vatthupama Sutta (MN 7) - https://suttacentral.net/mn7/en/bodhi</p> <p>Bohoma pin to the people who have requested this talk.</p> <p><strong>A VIDEO of this segment has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTub