On Overcoming Anger

How Dharma practice helps people in prison to work with anger and avoid violence and harm.

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Looking through prison bars to blue sky outside.
On Overcoming Anger

I would normally have been upset

Even a small incident can give us a chance to practice compassion.

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Hands rolling mantras
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Saved by the Dharma

A formerly incarcerated person describes how the Dharma helped him turn anger into compassion in…

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Grapes on a vine.
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Grape or no grape?

A television show on animal behavior brings insights into working with anger.

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Sculpture of a knotted gun with the word Non-Violence engraged on stone.
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The precept of nonviolence

A person in prison recounts an incident in which he chose to keep his vow…

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Reflections on anger

Stories from incarcerated people about their struggles with anger and other afflictions.

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A small flame.
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Not feeding the fire

Within a small space, in a tense situation, a person in prison shares his struggle…

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Man holding head in his hands
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Discovery

Applying the Dharma to identify the root of one's anger. Accepting the self-centered cause as…

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Face of a serene buddha.
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Dealing with anger

An incarcerated person realizes how much he has changed since he began to study the…

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A man staring out a window.
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Remaining calm

Applying the Dharma restrains a person in prison from violence and trouble.

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Barbed wire against blue sky with one plant growing
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Practicing in prison

Prison provides a unique place to practice the wish to benefit all sentient beings.

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Why should I fight?

An incarcerated person shares his experience of learning patience from a cell mate.

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