[1] Wish: If you are not careful with what you unmindfully wish for, especially vengeful and violent retaliation, you might just flare up, ‘explode’ and actualise it.
[2] Determination: If you are not determined to tame your mind once and for all, you will give in to your primal instincts, time and again.
[3] Trigger: If you are not calm and clear, you will be triggerable personally and might trigger others, who might further trigger you, starting a vicious cycle.
[4] Reaction: If you realise you can make the firm decision to not have any reaction to certain matters, you will be able to keep your cool for those matters.
[5] Dissolution: If you do not dissolve habitual anger, it will gradually dissolve your confidence of control and peace of mind, bit by bit, even when not angry.
[6] Focus: If you focus on an opposite subject (like cooling water), a neutral subject (like your breathing), or a pure subject (like the Buddha’s name), anger will subside.
[7] Transformation: If you do not transform your anger to be productive instead of destructive, you will be transformed and destroyed by anger, possibly suddenly.
[8] Weaponisation: If you do not ‘deweaponise’ your anger, other than yourself, others might weaponse your anger, against others and back to yourself.
[9] Power: If you know the true meaning of power, you will not crave for great supernormal powers, but cultivate the down to earth power of mindfulness well.
[10] Destruction: If you understand the following Buddhist saying, you will not entertain even one thought of anger… ‘With one thought of anger’s mind arising, like a fire will it burn your meritorious virtues’ forest.’ (一念嗔心起，火烧功德林) Thus is it too costly to give in to anger, for even one moment.
