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May. 3 | She added fuel to her fire
instead of putting it out,
with rage over her rage.
Apr. 2 |
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Feb. 27 | Question: A good friend, Alvina (not her real name), who is my colleague had fallen out over a small matter. She refused to make up despite me having tried thrice. She had told me something about another friend, Rita (also not her real name), claiming...
Feb. 27 | If you see one
as severely wicked,
it is easy to give rise to anger.
If you see the same person
as severely deluded,
it is easier to give rise to compassion.
- Stonepeace
Dec. 19 | Patience is needed,
even for impatience.
- Stonepeace
A man went to call on a priest [Buddhist monk] for advice. “I was born with a short temper,” he confessed. “They say getting angry only makes matters worse and they’re right....
Oct. 25 | Anger always harms oneself immediately,
even if never expressed to harm others later.
- Stonepeace
On another occasion, Rahula followed his teacher, Sariputra, on a trip to teach the Dharma. At noon, they begged for alms in the vicinity of Rajagriha....
Aug. 10 | The hostile multitudes are vast as space –
What chance is there that all should be subdued?
Let but this angry mind be overthrown
And every foe is then and there destroyed.
- Shantideva
Jul. 27 | If enemies reveal our fault of enmity,
are they not our spiritual friends too?
- Stonepeace
There are many reasons for charity; the world is full of people in need. On the other hand, those who make us angry and test our patience are relatively few, especially...
May. 31 | Although the true enemy of the angry is anger,
to confront this anger with more anger is unwise.
The true friend of the angry is loving-kindness,
to transform it within, to be expressed without.
- Stonepeace
I [Sergeant Kendel] thought about what Sakyong...
Mar. 8 | When one loses compassion
at one’s so-called enemy,
one has become that person’s true enemy.
- Stonepeace
Dalai Lama: In a Buddhist text called the Four Hundred Verses by Aryadeva, an Indian pandit, there is a verse which says that the Buddha...
Jan. 30 | Rage should be transformed
into energy for dissolving itself,
transmuting it into skilful action.
- Stonepeace
To deal with feelings of anger and fear and frustration, we can start by finding relationality. As the Lakota Indians say, Mitakuye oyasin:...
Oct. 31 | Question: Someone in my family is giving me to a lot of emotional abuse. She would find fault with me and scold me, yet treat me as non-existent at other times. When I speak to her about this, she refuses to communicate. Do you have any advice?
Answer: If...
Sep. 12 | That even gods may fall
is a powerful reminder
that merely doing good
is not good enough.
- Stonepeace
Whoever has accumulated much merit, after his rebirth in the Deva-realms [heavenly planes of gods], lives there till the end of the life-span of that...
Aug. 31 | Sometimes the disciple bows to the master;
sometimes the master bows to the disciple.
A master who cannot bow to his disciple cannot bow to the Buddha.
Sometimes the master and disciple bow together to the Buddha.
- Shunryu Suzuki
The practice of nonharming...
Jul. 6 | Question: I speak harshly when I’m not in a good mood or am angry. An alternative is to be silent. What do you think?
Answer: Hmmm… yes, but we should train ourselves to be more mindful, to not let moodiness or anger affect how we communicate...
