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Well the point in Buddhism is not that anger is a symptom of pain but a primary cause of pain. The Buddha even says in an early scripture that anger is the one
by bowsamic 2y ago
Well the point in Buddhism is not that anger is a symptom of pain but a primary cause of pain. The Buddha even says in an early scripture that anger is the one thing we should kill outright, since it’s considered totally destructive. In effect, the root of all evil
- Retric 2y agoI’m not disagreeing with that. Anger is totally destructive. You shouldn’t try to get angry, and mindlessly doing what anger prompts you to do is a terrible idea, but understand what about yourself caused you to feel anger and you can change. You can also impact the outside world to address the situation, but the situation and how you feel about the situation are different matters. Sorry if the above is incoherent, I’m operating on little sleep.
- bowsamic 2y agoWell I disagree with the idea that anger is totally destructive, is the point
- Retric 2y agoIn what situation is having your judgment clouded by anger a good thing? The closest I could come up with is it might make your body language more convincing. But it’s not hard to fake being angry.