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Posts tagged with "anger"
Feb. 9 |
Question: How can I advise an angry and greedy person who is dying to let go of her grudges and greed for money?
Answer: Remind her that as her angry state of mind will affect her next life adversely, possibly leading to an unfortunate rebirth,...
Apr. 29 |
Overcome the angry by non-anger;overcome the wicked by goodness;overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.— The Buddha(Dhammapada Verse 223)
According to the ‘Akkosa Sutta’, or the ‘Discourse On Insults’,...
Apr. 14 |
It’s great to be able to stopWhen you’ve planned a thing that’s wrong,And be able to do something else insteadAnd think this song.— Mr. Rogers
As silly as those lyrics might seem to us in the moment, as our temper is boiling...
Aug. 21 | There is no evil like hatred,
And no fortitude like patience.
Thus I should strive in various ways
To meditate on patience.
– Shantideva
(Guide To Bodhisattva’s Way Of Life)
[1] Not Becoming Upset with Those Who Do Harm
The first type of patience...
Aug. 14 | There are those who do not realize
that one day we all must die.
But those who do realize this
settle their quarrels.
– The Buddha
(Dhammapada Verse 6)
Let’s get rid of anger’s evil; let’s purge the mind, tear out by the roots that...
Jul. 24 | Our spiritual health demands
that we let go of anger,
or else it will never let go of us.
– Seneca
Seneca, to judge by his self-presentation in his writings, was a self-reflective and inward-looking man. He describes, in one of the passages...
May. 16 |
古人云:「何以息谤?」
曰:「无辩。」
又云:「吃得小亏,则不至于吃大亏。」
余三十年来屡次经验,深信此数语真实不虚。
弘一大师
《弘一大师全集》
Ancient ones say, ‘With...
May. 8 |
忏悔文 (1)
我昔所造诸恶业,
皆由无始贪嗔痴,
从身语意之所生,
一切我今皆忏悔。
– 普贤菩萨
《华严经: 普贤行愿品》
Verse For Repentance (1)
Of all my past created evil karma,
all by beginningless greed,...
Apr. 10 |
愚人不明了,
人生终归死。
彼等若明了,
诤论自息灭。
– 释迦牟尼佛
《法句经》第六偈
Foolish persons [do] not understand clearly,
[that] human lives [in the] end return [to] death.
Those others if understanding clearly,
[their]...
Apr. 3 | Anger is like those ruins
which smash themselves
on what they fall.
– Seneca
Suppose we find that despite our attempts to prevent anger, the behaviour of other people succeeds in angering us. It will help us to overcome our anger, says Seneca, [1] if...
Mar. 27 | [1] He sleeps in comfort.
[2] He awakes in comfort.
[3] He sees no evil dreams.
[4] He is dear to human beings.
[5] He is dear to non-human beings.
[6] Devas (gods) protect him.
[7] Fire, poison, and sword cannot touch him.
[8] His mind can concentrate...
Mar. 14 | In a scene where ‘The Punisher’ (Season 1) was spray-painting his signature white skull symbol on his black body armour meant to intimidate his enemies, Lieberman tells him… ‘That skull? That’s a “Memento Mori”....
Mar. 6 | The ‘DC’ in DC Comics stands for ‘Detective Comics’, but they might as well stand for ‘Darker Comics’? On both big and small screens in recent years, their characters are consistently darker than Marvel’s, and...
Dec. 26 | Cultivation is
more transformation
of the unskilful
than its eradication.
– Shilashanti
In the hours preceding his final enlightenment, when he is doing battle with his ego, the Buddha’s tormentors shoot volleys of arrows at him. Some people interpret...
Nov. 19 |
Question: How do I handle a slightly senior co-worker, who is not exactly my superior, but tells other colleagues that I will do this and that. When I do not handle the ‘promised’, she tells them that I am calculative. Yet, if I do, it...