Wednesday, 19 July 2017
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At my new work, I deal with very angry people. Often the anger is directed at me (sometimes for a mistake I made, sometimes for nothing I've done). I'm very thin-skinned and habitually let the anger hurt me in the moment -- dwelling on it later, how I could have done better, etc.

I'm working to observe such moments (goodness, and my own anger!), see how the angry person is suffering, and make my unconscious reactions conscious -- but any additional advice would be greatly appreciated. :)
6 years ago
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The chapter on patience in Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva is something I go back to again and again in order to meditate and comprehend the nature of patience.

The lecture below also covers this part of the text in a wonderful and comprehensive way and can teach you how to comprehend and overcome suffering, hatred, and the afflictions.

For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. -Bayazid al-Bastami

6 years ago
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#14708
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The chapter on patience in Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva is something I go back to again and again in order to meditate and comprehend the nature of patience.

The lecture below also covers this part of the text in a wonderful and comprehensive way and can teach you how to comprehend and overcome suffering, hatred, and the afflictions.

For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. -Bayazid al-Bastami

6 years ago
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#14709
Thank you, Almustafa. I've got Shantideva's book beside me to read (and re-read), and will read the lecture, too. :) I appreciate your guidance.
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