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On Overcoming Anger

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

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On Overcoming Anger

Them

By understanding the suffering of others, a person in prison was able to forgive himself.

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Flow

Looking at one's difficult conditions and examining the mind in order to recognize and overcome…

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Fingers coming through a white wall
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Making the teachings personal

An incarcerated person reflects on refuge and the insights he has developed through practice.

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Growing pains

A story about an unhappy childhood, a lot of hate and anger, and, in the…

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A white sign on a window with the words: If you are grouchy, irritable or just plain mean, there will be a $10 charge for putting up with you.
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Grouchy me

Controlling the mind in order to control anger.

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Dealing with the guards

If we change our behavior, others might change in response.

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Worldly views

An examination of our habitual reactions to tragedy.

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Shadow of a hand trying to catch a shadow of a man running away.
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Fear and hate

An incarcerated person relates how he gradually overcame his fear while in prison.

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Shoes and towels on a prison shower table.
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Valuable lesson learned

Responding to a situation or problem without anger or attachment but with compassion in order…

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The face of an angry man.
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Creating problems

Reflections by a person in prison about his recent treatment of others, contrasting it with…

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