Episode 83 - The Ability To Remain Calm

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines patience as: the ability to remain calm when dealing with a difficult or annoying situation, task, or person. Everyone has different triggers that cause them to become upset, annoyed or furious, but, like any ability we possess, the capacity to remain calm can be cultivated with practice. This episode is part of a series on patience as we explore the chapter called “Anger” in the Dhammapada, a collection of the teachings Buddha gave as he walked from town to town 2,500 years ago. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Conquer anger with non-anger;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Conquer wickedness with goodness;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Conquer stinginess with goodness </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And a liar with the truth. (Verse 223)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">—Buddha, The Dhammapada </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Links and References</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Buddha.The+Dhammapada.+Translated+by+Gil+Fronsdale.&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Buddha.</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Dhammapada.</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Translated by Gil Fronsdale.</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Shambala, Boston and London, 2011, pp.59.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Je Tsongkhapa.</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Treatise-Stages-Enlightenment-Lamrim-Chenmo-ebook/dp/B002W5G5NM/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Great+Treatise+on+the+Stages+of+the+Path+to+Enlightenment%2C+by+Je+Tsongkhapa%2C+Volume+2.&qid=1572215212&sr=8-1"> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, by Je Tsongkhapa,</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Volume 2.</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Translated by the Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee. Joshua Cutler, Editor-in-Chief, and Guy Newlan, Editor, pp 160-163.</span></