Reading 34, from the Dhammapada
I have been insulted! I have been hurt! I have been beaten! I have been robbed! Anger does not cease in those who harbour this sort of thought.
I have been insulted! I have been hurt! I have been beaten! I have been robbed! Anger ceases in those who do not harbour this sort of thought.
Occasions of hatred are certainly never settled by hatred. They are settled by freedom from hatred. This is the eternal law.
My notes:
The precepts for becoming holy are very simple. They are so simple that we tend to overlook them for high-sounding theologies. We have a clear cut way to control anger here.
If we stop thinking in certain ways, anger will automatically cease…
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