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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Anger

Anger is one of the strongest, you know, evil desires: greediness and anger and ignorance. But all those come from ignorance. When we are ignorant of our true nature, we become angry. It is want of subtle understanding. That is anger.

Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-29-C as found on shunryusuzuki.com - Edited by DC