"Anger and Patience" Part 1, Bhikshu Tenzin Sherab

[leviathan6]

that is a beautiful insight on the virtue of dedication.

[jesskazen]

How do you deal with anger experienced due to having to deal with bad drivers? How do you not experience rage when someone puts your only form of transportation/body/life in danger?

[douglasmacjames]

thousands of years to be conditioned like him !

[Vietnamemperor12346]

wow never a young white buddhist

[miked7631]

What happened all your merit become destroyed because of anger?

He is saying because of one act of anger all the previous merits will become destroyed?

[StrivingWolf]

You're so handsome that you keep me in samsara. :-) But I like the way you teach! Keep up the good work!!

[melisaii]

thank you for this video...

[tonygem]

"Depending on being good and holy is a good start." To me it's an ignorant start. Our job as practitioners of the Dharma is to see through positive and negative, through life and death, through the ordinary and the profound, through this and that. The only place to start is to be awake...now. Everything else is delusion.

[00red00baron]

If noboby ever became angry, upset or bothered by any circumstance, isn't that just complacency and mental masturbation to convince yourself you don't have this emotion called anger?

[jbrentoniv]

I may be wrong, but I think that what the teaching that he is presenting is a little advanced and he isn't discussing the role of anger or how to live with it. I don't think he is denying the existence of anger, or even that anger itself is the enemy. It is the way we react to anger. Do we allow it to consume us or do we work with it? At times I have let myself become a very angry person, I am only now learning to not let my anger take me away from the moment, but this is a lifelong journey.

[impermanentoo]

We become angry due to our ignorant. All of us will get angry as we are considered insane before we attain enlightenment.

It is possible not to get angry by meditating and reflect on our shortcoming. Eventually, we are able to eradicate our anger. Eradicate is different from suppress. if we suppress our anger, we'll suffer.

We can only be free from suffering if we become an arahat. A

[smoothgoomer]

No; that would just be being vacant, blindly being hum-drum, think everything's good and fine when it isn't. The difference between that, and the Buddhist mind-training in dealing with anger is this - instead of allowing ourselves to become angry, which is a huge catalyst of suffering, we deal with situations with equanimity and compassion, seeing thru differences, and being mindful not only of our feelings but of those around us. It's mindfulness, instead of blind instinctive reaction.

[tonygem]

The view of "merit" in this tradition smacks of attainment to me. It's all about accumulating enough brownie points to get into Buddha Heaven or some other such state of mind. The Maha Hridaya Sutra says " NO ATTAINMENT...with nothing to attain, the Bodhisattvas depend on Prajna Paramita." If you depend on being good or holy, then you're already off the Path. The Path is very narrow and you can only stay on it by paying attention in every moment.

[impermanenttoo]

tonygem You're right. The path to enlightenment is not just being good and holy. We have to watch our body, mind, feeling and follow the teaching of the Buddha every siglemoment. One slip in our thought could cause suffering for ourselves and others. Other than that, we need to practise Samatha meditation ( up to 4th jhana ) and Vipassana meditation Most importantly we have to be pure in words, thought and actions.

[smoothgoomer]

The thing is tonygem, seeing the difference between the ordinary and the profound. There is no attainment; there is also no karma, no Buddha, etc. To master non-conceptuality, one needs to master conceptuality, and by so doing, see thru it. Depending on being good and holy is a good start - it's not separate from the path, it's the beginning of the path.

[crazedmystic]

all that stuff will be destroyed in one moment of anger???  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Good.. attachment breeds duality breeds ignorance.. Lets blowup this 3rd rock from the sun. It is all illusion, enter the dharmakaya with the masters

[greyreynyn]

hmm wish i knew some monks. anyone here read siddharta by herman hesse?

[Simon0]

So if I have not dedcted my merits, all the good deeds I have done are totally lost (in one moment of anger which Ihave probably had)? I find that a bit disheartening.

[seansherab]

Doesn't quite seem fair, does it? It is said that the workings of karma is evern more obscure than ultimate reality itself. On the other side of the spectrum, 1 moment of Bodhicitta (the compassionate wish to become enlightened for the sake of all beings) apparently brings about limitless merit.

[seansherab]

It's important to see the Dharma in the context of a great scope. E.g. The First Noble Truth that all of life is suffering (also potentially disheartening)is complemented by the fact that there is release.

[seansherab]

The teachings are not meant to make us feel hopeless...quite the opposite. Knowledge of the negative effects of anger can prompt us to change our mind, and the fact that we are ABLE to change the mind is very inspiring. Also, having the good fortune to have exposure to teachings that can guide us towards such a transformation is the cause of immense joy.

[Simon0]

At the moment I am 27. I am planning to move soon but am living with my parents which I find very difficult. I feel I take on the negative energy of my parents and makes my life more miserable. I am a bit stuck in this at the moment. I know it has nothing to do with your responses to me, but have you got any advice..

E.g. I will go out come back feeling great, then soon I start to feel bad and I believe the negative energy comes from my parents.

[papershoot]

You're totally right. :D

[mikeyo1234]

Do your best. That is the only spiritual path... forget anything else.

[Simon0]

good advice. Thanks!

[ballaststoffel2]

@Simon0

Maybe too late to answer your question, but just feel inside. When you do good things to others, or make good wishes. For whom are you doing that?

If you can really feel, that you do it because you want to see the others being happy, then the merit becomes a gift to others. If not, the gift stays somewhere inside you, and there it breaks into pieces when the waves of anger catch you. This is not disheartening, it is as it is. At least I would say so.

[Simon0]

@ballaststoffel2 when i act kind or try to do good to others it is usually a mixture of wanting them to be happy and also wanting to create good karma for myself. is there anything wrong with believing in karma, acting nice towards others because yo believe in karma and believe it will ultimately benefit you.

[ballaststoffel2]

@Simon0 There is nothing WRONG.

Good actions inherently bring good karma. No need to "want" that explicitly. That is what I meant.

Let's say X% of your motivation is: Building up good karma for yourself. 100-X of your motivation is for the others.

Then, I would say, the smaller X is, the more good karma you build up.

But there is still nothing wrong. Even if X would be 100%, I mean, hey, there would still be good actions ;-)

[Simon0]

@ballaststoffel2 yeah i see what you mean!

[TranscendTheI]

Very simple but profound all Merits/virtues, being our pure happy states of mind can be sealed from degenerating, this is teaching shows the personal power we humans have at creating a mental masterpiece, we can thus offer our good vibes to painting a beatiful world for all.

[emyNYC]

im not crazy about his lecture...he's trying to hard.

[aryaband]

trying is negative, somehow? strange. isn't effort a virtue? it is not easy to give a religious lecture to people who do not speak English as their first language (note talk was given at a Sri Lankan temple)

[wimalaratanathero]

Buddhisum is a THEORY by Buddha!

But Children should not become the victims due to any hypothesis!

Simply the Child Monk Culture is violating the Convention on the Rights of the Child!

"SAY NO TO CHILD MONK SLAVES IN SRI LANKA!"

[Dan1234111]

seize the day Ya I like him too

[thewayoutisin]

Seeing you trying hard to help elleviate suffering encourages me to keep walking my path and go deeper into the teaching. Thanks Sean! God bless!

Shawn,

California

[thewayoutisin]

Sean, I really like your well-presented lecture. I can relate to you and the Dharmas well. I find the them fascinating and hands-on. You can apply them anytime and anywhere you go. But I have to say that it takes a real man/woman to practice buddhism, especially when you have to sit with your pain and suffering to get to know them. You are doing an awesome job Sean and your effort and willingness to help others are greatly appreciated.

[Zenbreeze]

Merit? When do I get to cash it in? Can I get flybys? He's choking on his merit!

[Chichiri520]

I liked this video especially since you seem to have a sense a humor. Thank you

[Dan1234111]

Oh young grasshopper we pave our path,strange since we've been chating I've meet all his brothers and mother,just remember when your in a hole your still in the sky but if you dig to deep you block out the light later bro

[Dan1234111]

Hey skin head My old pal said anger is the wind that blows out the candel of thought.

I like taking things head on I have a lot of lumps on my head.I was nice of you to replie I think of you often you have a great spirit

[seansherab]

when we hit our head enough, we eventually get tired of getting lumps.

thanks for your encouragement, Dan...it is good to be reminded that i am not a total shmuck...lately my sprit has been struggling...

be well my friend!

[seansherab]

Hi Dan!

Your old pal sounds wise...it is impossible to think straight when angry...the texts say that our powers of resoning are ineffectual when we are in the heat of fury.

I like taking things head on, and i have faith that this can be done without getting angry...but i am still prone to losing it! at least it is less intense and doesn't last as long as before i made a commitment to try and practise patience...

[CesarBrauer]

Dan1234111, I had to come back - it is not what you said but 'what is inside of me which connected to what you said', that's why, I think, I reacted to you that way. My (now) view about this point in myself is, in a way, as important as Sean Sherab's cool. Opposites though. I was angry at you and I didn't see that. I'm sorry. I have a long way to go.

[hashmeister]

Thank you very much for posting. I find it interesting and very calming.

[RoninDinc]

I'd like to take a moment to thank you for your video. It's wonderful to see a sincere, well-spoken, knowledgeable caucasian monk and follower of the Dharma. I sometimes wonder if I can be a "true" buddhist, having been born a caucasian man in America, then I see people like yourself and realize, "Yes, yes I can"

[stacyl118]

Buddhism is universal and non-sectarian. People had made it a religion by involving cultural tradition. Yes you can be a great Buddhist, better than a non-white so called Buddhist who simply chants not knowing the actual concept of Buddhism.

[Lopsgelek]

not qualified:

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wNerd trying 2b a monk. like if he UnderStands!! Lächelich!

- what's wrong with your own.

Peace.

[CesarBrauer]

I am a little more 'realized' that he, Sean Sherab, who 'is' a monk, didn't even bother to comment what you said. In the video he is teaching some thing important. By not going to where you point, he teaches another very important thing. That is wonderful to me.

[Dan1234111]

skin head

[seansherab]

that's funny...skin head indeed! ;) i have been mistaken for that before...a Buddhist monk who is Jewish couldn't be farther!

[starsinghnee]

love it :)

[tonysakura]

wow

[ldimonte]

Now thats a monk!

[seansherab]

Be careful...i might become angry if you tease me! ;)