Nothing and nobody has the power to make us angry ... - Dhamma by Ajahn Jayasāro


Nothing and nobody has the power to make us angry. There is always a part of us that wants to be angry, that enjoys it. Anger arises when our unrealistic expectations of situations and people are frustrated. We want everyone to respect us and feel angry when we are disrespected. We want the world to be a fair and kind place to live in, and feel angry to see its unfairness and cruelty.

The more clearly we understand all the causes and conditions that lead to things happening the way the way they do, and to people acting the way they do, the less we will rage that things are not as we want them to be, are not how we think they should be. From this calm place we can move forward, abandoning what should be abandoned, developing what should be developed

Nothing and nobody has the power to make us angry

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