ABOUT THIS GUIDE
Buddhism distinguishes anger from simply feeling upset or recognizing injustice. Rather, anger is understood as “the wish to harm.” Left unchecked, it disturbs our peace, damages relationships, and creates suffering for ourselves and others. Buddhist practice offers methods to prevent anger, purify it when it arises, and ultimately uproot its deepest causes.
REFLECTION
“When the environment and its inhabitants overflow with unwholesomeness,
Transform adverse circumstances into the path to enlightenment.”
– Geshe Chekawa, The Seven Point Mind Training
BOOKS
1) Healing Anger by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
2) Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict by Tsultrim Alloine
For kids
Anh’s Anger by Gail Silver, Illustrated by Christiane Krömer
(Free video available of Ven. Yönten reading this book on her YouTube channel)
Tiger-Tiger is it True? By Byron Katy (Free video with short teaching by Ven.Yönten)
TALKS & TEACHINGS
Dealing with Anger and Emotions, video teaching by His Holiness the Dalai Lama,
(1997) Free on the Meridian Trust Website
Understanding Anger and Developing Patience, a Public talk at Maitripa College
by Ven. Yönten (April 2026): Free on YouTube
Working With Anger and Developing Patience, guided meditations and talk
From the Lamrim tradition by Ven. Yönten (Feb. 2017): Free on Internet Archive
PRACTICE
- To purify anger, see: Vajrasattva Meditation: An Illustrated Guide by Khenpo Yeshe Punsok
- To prevent anger, see: The Peaceful Stillness of a Silent Mind by Lama Yeshe
- To cut the root of anger, see: How to See Yourself as You Really Are by H.H. 14th Dalai Lama
For kids
Peaceful Piggy Meditation by Kerry Lee MacLean
