Episode 82 - The Faults of Anger

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The faults of anger:</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We become unhappy and uncomfortable </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Makes us lose our reason and good sense</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Destroys relationships</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Karmic cause of future ugliness and makes us appear unattractive in the moment </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Destroys good karma </span></li> </ol> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The section on the divisions of patience has three parts:</span></p> <ol> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Developing the patience of disregarding harm done to you</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Developing the patience of accepting suffering </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Developing the patience of certitude about the teachings</span></li> </ol> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two ways to give up anger and disregard harm done to you</span></p> <p> </p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">See that that anger is unjustified</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feel that compassion is appropriate</span></li> </ol> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The one who keeps anger in check as it arises</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As one would a careening chariot,</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I call a charioteer.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Others are merely rein-holders. (Verse 222)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">—Buddha, The Dhammapada </span></p> <p> </p>