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In this episode we look at a practice to help us generate compassion for those who harm us. This can free us from the painful experience of anger. The method given in this episode is called taking and giving. It is a highly effective practice for overcoming many types of anger, including resentment and guilt.\\xa0

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1. Analyzing your commitment

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\\u201cI committed myself to achieving the benefit and happiness of all living beings when I generated the spirit of enlightenment. I act for others\\u2019 welfare and care for all beings.\\u201d

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1. Showing that compassion is appropriate\\xa0

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Contemplate from the depths of your heart, \\u201cAll living beings have been in cyclic existence since beginningless time, and there is not one who has not been my friend and relative\\u2014father, mother, etc. Being impermanent, they lose their lives and are miserable due to the three types of suffering. Crazed by the demon of the afflictions, they destroy their own welfare in this and future lives. [411] I must generate compassion for them. How could it be right to get angry or to retaliate for harm?\\u201d

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\\u2014Je Tsongkhapa\\xa0

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For the ever-wakeful\\u2014\\xa0

Training day and night,\\xa0

Intent on Nirvana\\u2014\\xa0

The toxins disappear.

\\u2014Buddha, The Dhammapada\\xa0

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Links and References

Buddha.The Dhammapada. Translated by Gil Fronsdale. Shambala, Boston and London, 2011, pp.60.

Je Tsongkhapa. Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, by Je Tsongkhapa, Volume 2. Translated by the Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee. Joshua Cutler, Editor-in-Chief, and Guy Newlan, Editor, pp 165-166.