The Roots of Anger | Thich Nhat Hanh (short teaching video)

In this short teaching video from the Plum Village app plumvillage.app/ Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh talks about the roots of our anger as well as common questions about anger, such as "can anger be beneficial sometimes?"
Excerpt from: Practicing in the Present Moment | Question and Answer Session, 2004-01-31 ( • Practicing in the Pres... )
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[@ira-usa713]

I love this talk and want to just add one comment: be careful who you ask to help you when you experience anger. That is: Thay speaks from the point of view of his Sangha, and there's a presumption that the person who did something to make you angry can be trusted. So he says to tell them you're angry and also to ask for help. But a lot of people cannot respond to this appropriately. ... When I first learned to embrace my own anger one of the first things I learned was that expressing anger is a way of giving power and responsibility to the other person (who caused the anger to arise). So, not expressing that anger is a way of taking back control and establishing a boundary. So like Thay says, we have to really develop that practice of embracing anger and giving ourselves loving compassion, like mothering an infant... Thay goes on to advocate inter-being, which is the ideal. In most lives, however, we have to be very careful about asking for help. Sometimes it is the right thing to do, but sometimes we have to look elsewhere. We have to find refuge, like in the Buddha, the Dharma, and a true Sangha.

[@annettepeizer8236]

Embracing anger the way a parent tenderly embraces a crying baby to calm it down, such a beautiful image to ponder and practice.

[@readingsbycara]

*"Understanding and compassion are the only antidotes to anger."* ♥️ #soulcare at its best.

[@maureenmcgaffey5748]

Yes

[@bebobalula]

Yes, and that is how, we also should practice, when we have other strong and potentially destructive feelings like despair, fear, anxiety, loneliness etc. Breathing in, breathing out, being aware of our feeling 🙏

[@sallyrile7601]

@@bebobalula actually 'feeling' the feelings, inside ourselves..experiencing them.

[@annabellacrewe8858]

Dont know how to do it !!!

[@SharonVeeLee]

I love how when he speaks, you can tell how he is being very mindful about what he is saying. He doesn't recite teachings - he is speaking from the heart.

[@danutashayler34]

Thich Nhat Hanh is my only mentor and a hero for the world and its human beings. Since discovering this very wise man in 2016. I have learned so much. Yet this powerful 16 minute video still stops me in my tracks and I become totally present to this gentle and intelligent man. Being a better human being is a daily remembering.

[@slimshany4602]

I fully agree, lovely comment. :)

[@skywalktriceiam]

:) 💚

[@lasmariabanjarnahor7721]

Yess... I just know this beautiful and gentel man for the last 2 week

[@skywalktriceiam]

@@lasmariabanjarnahor7721 🙌

[@starstar8644]

I've only just discovered gentle and compassionate and generous man about half hour ago after I completed my meditation for gratitude. I know I'll be listening to him everyday, like I listen to other generous enlightened souls who are about humanity and the highest level of love. Your comment was beautiful shared 🙏💕

[@adanac17]

“Only understanding and compassion can put down the flame of anger.” 🙏🧡🧡🙏

[@mysterym444]

Anger is rooted in sadness, I’ve always known that.

[@sonnyrue6100]

@erock755 still a personal emotion nonetheless, why disregard your self in situations that are hurting you? Emotions are indicators of what you like or dont like... right?

[@alisonwhite4566]

Anger lives in the liver. If you are sad clean the liver. Support your liver.

[@oOIIIMIIIOo]

Anger is rooted by neglect, when essential needs will not get fulfilled. I have anger outbursts always for the same things. Some I have banned.

[@sonnyrue6100]

@@alisonwhite4566 what are some good ways to do that?

[@budte]

@@sonnyrue6100 it is nonsense

[@drm54321]

Thich Nhat Hahn is a beautiful treasure to this world. Thank you !

[@jiggersotoole7823]

Seconded 🐣

[@amusanoluwatosin1641]

O yes! A very spiritual man. May he rest in peace

[@lorenacharlotte8383]

There are situations, environments where the seed of anger is continuously watered. Extremely difficult to transform anger when anger is feed in regular basis. It of course doesn’t mean that one has to give up but it requires an enormous strength and practice to stay present right there dealings with the impact of discrimination, cruelty, abuse...

[@colorfullyme]

VERY true. I had a lot of anger from childhood trauma. I threw temper tantrums as a child, and unlike this teaching, was punished not helped. I started healing when I left my family home. Removing myself from the triggers played a huge role in being able to be mindful and objective. I have not faced much oppression or discrimination from society and can only imagine how difficult healing would be when you are confronted by the injustices daily. I pray for a more loving world.

[@temple-of-silence]

Yes, he himself has experienced lots of that early on in his lifetime when the Vietnam War was fought and he was a peace-activist. This is a man who's fellow monks have set themselves on fire to get the message of peace and compassion across. He genuinely knows what he's talking about. And as with any of the five hindrances, the opposite energy is what needs to be cultivated in the moment that it has manifested. The most difficult thing to do, but truly effective when you are able to take a moment for yourself, and take yourself out of the situation, just to actively cultivate the opposite energy. Wish you the very best.

[@dellaamelia3373]

I totally agree with you. All my whole life, I've been raised up in dysfunctional family where my emotional needs never met, instead they are constantly violated. And I'd say it is harder because family is supossed to be your safe home, but where one should go if the home is your ultimate hell?

[@dellaamelia3373]

​@@colorfullymeI totally understand you. How did you decide to leave home?

[@colorfullyme]

​@@dellaamelia3373 I am sorry you are also struggling with your family. Deciding to leave was actually not hard for me. I wanted to leave since I was a kid. And indeed I seized the opportunity to go to boarding school at 14. After I graduated, I moved to a different country for university. It is free here, and I was able to support myself for the most part. People have told me I was brave for leaving my home, but I did not feel brave because it did not feel like a home. Maybe the final straws were my family not helping me at all when I developed an eating disorder, and my dad's death. He killed himself, but no one told me how he died or offered support. So I realized my family truly was unable to give me the support I needed. It was just too toxic and dysfunctional. I did not cut contact. I still visit my family and know they care about me in their way. But I feel better living far away. I had a romantic relationship with a man from Syria (we are still close friends), and that relationship has been so healing for both of us. I grew up feeling safe in the outside world because of my nationality, race, etc. but very unsafe in my family. He grew up feeling unsafe in the world because of obvious reasons, but very safe in his family. We helped each other feel safer in the area we were lacking. He once said to me, "you also grew up in a war zone you know." I think that sums up my decision well. I chose to flee the same way a person chooses to flee a military war zone. It was hard, but staying would have been worse and possibly deadly. And on a positive note, I have an adventurous spirit, and I genuinely wanted to see more of the world :)

[@CarAngel]

Wow! in less than 16 minutes I've found the root of my long lasting anger, it has to do with my inability to survive,I have stop blaming others right now! This man is amazing.

[@jenniferspring8741]

My anger comes from grief. When I remember that, it takes away the righteous indignation that makes me want to tell people off. But sooner or later, I’m always sorry, because I know we’re all connected and so there’s common roots to the anger, and we all have to rise up together. It’s a very difficult walk, being a human, and so thank God for Thay for his extremely wise ways of bringing the Buddha’a teachings to this time.

[@heartofhawaii8232]

I am immensely grateful to hear, see, feel, experience, embrace every teaching from Beloved Thich Nhat Hanh..May he rest in Peace for Eternity..in this world and the next. may ALL beings Awaken , in the Divine Time for each person. Namaste and Aloha from Hawaii.

[@KellW2012]

So profound. Wow. This resonated with me in a way no anger management has.

[@colorfullyme]

Anger management usually teaches coping mechanisms, ways to suppress the anger... very counterproductive. It is a gift you found this video. I wish you healing and love.

[@onnion63]

Thanks Thay. Morrisey (The Smiths singer) wrote this line " It's so east to laugh, it's so easy to hate . It takes guts to be gentle and kind" I always think of Thay and Morrissey when I am about to water my seed of anger . WAY harder to be gentle and kind - true bravery . You can find the Dharma in many places if you look

[@readingsbycara]

Well then... *May I be blessed with more guts and bravery ... so as not to do the easy thing.* #staywell everyone. 💜

[@AweSoMeRwhisperer]

Advice Morrisey could have given himself before calling Chinese "subhuman"

[@jiggersotoole7823]

@@AweSoMeRwhisperer interesting point. He was wrong to say it. But. Why did he say it? What was he referring to?

[@jiggersotoole7823]

@Jenny Auld (She/Her) oh. I thought it was to do with the culture of eating dogs and the importation of poached pangolins which are approaching extinction. Silly me.

[@writeronthestormkyushu565]

Endless people talking all the time always trying to sell you something . With this beautiful man, we see mindfulness, loving compassion and truth before he even begins to speak. I am grateful for such a human being in this time of isolation, fear, anger and selfishness.

[@OceanInOneDrop]

How blessed we are to have access to such a wonderful teacher and such important life lessons. This is life-changing information. Thank you to Thay, Buddha, and the Universal Love that motivates this teaching.

[@tamaraposton4270]

What a beautiful way to express, embrace and share the depth of anger. In a world filled with such animosity, Thich Nhat Hanh and his teachings could change our world's events if everyone heard this.🙏

[@dianaboughner7977]

Much love and gratitude for your deeply compassionate teachings 💖 May we all walk in peace and love as our civilization evolves 💞

[@scotthuey1981]

Thee most important and beautiful video I have ever watched. Thank you teacher 💚🙏

[@thegoodwitchofthesouth5390]

He’s probably the most adorable person I’ve ever seen.

[@LuisaFernandaAZ]

I was going to comment this, his face, his smile and his hat... He looks like a baby.

[@readingsbycara]

Yes! *Such a gentle spirit.* His voice and calmness alone can soothe an angry soul. ♥️ #soulcare at its best.

[@MistyMawn]

@@Rebel377 That's wild. Amazing.

[@sylvanechoes]

I watched this whole video thinking he was a woman until I read this comment 😅

[@jessesmithson7941]

I respect this man tremendously. But sometimes, you need to just break away from the toxic person in your life. Narcissists are easily angered and use it as a weapon. Abusers use anger as a weapon. And while they are suffering, they dont understand boundaries..they will continue to abuse you unless you leave. So I reserve my empathy for people who are capable of change and self reflection.

[@plumvillageapp]

Thank you Jesse, yes it is important to look after ourselves especially when in an abusive situation. I have heard Thich Nhat Hanh share that when we are in an environment which is depleting us and we do not have the strength to nourish ourselves in this situation we must find a path out of that situation in order to take care of ourselves. When (but only when) we have the right conditions again we may find ways to reflect and build compassion for others who have caused us pain. With care,

[@jessesmithson7941]

@@plumvillageapp thank you for this response. It helps

[@karankewat1.10]

Listening him speak is such a calming experience 😃

[@cutechiangels]

Valuable words. 🙏 But only doable if the other party is able to truely listen and understand your pain. Which is often not the case at all. Only between mindful people. Most often people will use your anger or suffering against you. Also, it should be said that certain times anger is not generated because of what someone did or said. In some people it just comes up in a whoosh. It arouses out if nowhere. They'll try and blame others, but that anger is their's. So, there are various types of people and anger. Keep that in mind! 🙏

[@Jen281]

This is so true.

[@R0291-l1l]

It's still doable if they don't participate. You may not get resolution, but approaching interpersonal conflict this way will give YOU more peace, and security knowing you acted with love and integrity. And who knows what kind of seeds that may plant in the other person? Most people are not used to being dealt with with compassion even in conflict

[@noname-by3qz]

I've heard this man quoted many times over the years. It's so nice to hear his voice.

[@pisiata3651]

Your voice makes me melt, is like i feel the compasion, the love, the kindness in your voice as i never felt on any human being. sometimes i cry, cuz i so resonate with what you are saying. And i send you all my love, pure love, complete love from one human to an angel. I love you, thanks universe for you, for all that you are, thank you! I love you! Thank you because you help me so much with your books and yr chanel. May we meet in other life, hope there i never dissapoint anyone and that i ll be smarter, wiser, kinder, less angry. And hope as long as i live in this one to be a better person day by day. Cuz till not i didn t try my best.

[@timothybrace5340]

“Pride always goes with anger”

[@geraldinereilly5931]

Timothy Brace can you be sure of that. Maybe because of human ego but there are many facets to this. Childhood pain from abuse can create a seed of anger. Unfortunately some of us were so terrified in our environment that we suppressed it and it creates mental problems and physical issues. Can take decades to actually deal with something that's buried very deep. Being numb can be worse caused a depressed mood. Healthy anger not destructive I think is the message. Past anger can even be debilitating.

[@falconbritt5461]

@@geraldinereilly5931 Exactly. Past anger that could not be expressed creates knots in us, and blockages, and leftover rips in our energetic boundary fields. I finally found energy healers who could clear mine and now am (very gratefully!) a very different person. It was embarrassing to be so emotional and angry, but it arose as of itself because I had endured tremendous continual abuse as a child - so my auric fields had rips, and there were great tar balls of anger and grief that had to be removed, as well as blockages in chakras, marks/imprints left by tremendous verbal cruelty, and sexual chaos/power-over energy left by a molester. These energies may be subtle, but they are very real, and removing them can have very real effects. With all that cleared out, it's very much easier for me now to clear current anger, which is based in fear (which is misperception of one's ultimate vulnerability). Before that I was the Queen of Rage.

[@geraldinereilly5931]

@@falconbritt5461yes great explanation. Child abuse and cruelty leaves such an imprint in the nervous system. The anger from traumatic childhood is different it's based on fear not pride as the other comment suggested. I am only becoming more aware of energy and blockages. I did a basic workshop. I need healing in these areas. Because of financial difficulties I listen to sound healing music. 🎶. The Tibetan sound healing. You mentioned grief. I have been grieving last 8 months since lockdowns. All children would have emotional wounds just growing . When you grow up in a cruel abusive environment the level of psychological pain is massive and impacts health. At 18 or 19 I had a physical-emotional breakdown.

[@falconbritt5461]

@@geraldinereilly5931 Grief can be overwhelming, I can so relate to that! And yes, finances block so many from getting well via the normal routes, in America anyway. I started over the years collecting practices that helped, and cheap things I could get that would help, finally posting them (so I could stop repeatedly writing them out for friends). They can help anyone who is sensitive or empathic or abused. If you're interested, they are at "A Wild Reality" on FB. Look in the Notes section. Yes, the tones can help. I made a list here of Healing Sounds that are primarily solfeggio tones but also some chakra tones. I've also discovered the free soul-body fusion technique on Jonette Crowley's site (centerforcreativeconsciousness.com). Trauma drives the soul from the body increasingly over time, and getting it back can heal and empower us. I think that's why we are termed "ghosts." To people raised with love, so much of us, our joy and power and embodiment, seems to be missing until our soul is back in our body. Doing this video each morning costs nothing and requires no concentration, takes about 25 minutes. Gradually (it needs to be gradual) over weeks, the soul heals and balances and re-embodies in us (we are more like avatars, and the real us comes in more and we find ourselves feeling glad to be alive again, as well as having more ability to get traction in our lives and be happy and peaceful). Your soul will adjust different things each time it comes in a bit more, so it will feel different over time, but do it for weeks on end and you will realize how you are changing, how life feels different. SBF isn't the same as shamanic soul retrieval, which brings back the wounded fragments one by one and tries to heal and integrate them. SBF allows your much higher dimensional aspects of Soul to get down here and embody to straighten out the situation, I find it FAR more powerful and effective. It will work slowly, however, so if you feel nothing sometimes don't worry, the soul is likely working on the etheric body or some aspect that isn't physical but needs to be shifted. Thank you for continuing on with your healing journey, it is not easy but your happiness is important and you are valued. We don't hear that often enough, so I want to say it. I have never met you, but you matter, and I honor your heroism.

[@kamikookiemonster3053]

@@falconbritt5461 ❤️

[@NguyenPhuong-hv1kx]

He had his motivation to seek for true happiness at the age of 7. And I have been seeking for what is happiness for 4 years. I finally found him. The person had found happiness before me.

[@matt_cummins28]

I suffer a great deal from anger. This video will help me a great deal and I want to thank you. Suddenly my anger is something I can use as a tool for my own healing. That's an extraordinary revelation. Thank you. Namaste.

[@plumvillageapp]

Hello dear friend, we are glad that you find the teaching in the video helpful for transformation and healing 🙏😌. A lotus for you, The Plum Village App team plumvillage.app

[@useriitk]

Asking for help from someone who hurts you, seems impossible to me. How can I let go of my pride and fear of rejection, so that I can reach out to the person who hurt me for help? What to do if the other person is not willing to help?

[@scotthuey1981]

I love you teacher, thank you so so much 💚🙏

[@poonamsvideoblogs]

My Thay. His voice grows my heart. So happy to see beloved teacher.

[@readingsbycara]

*"Understanding and compassion are the only antidotes to anger."* ♥️

[@readingsbycara]

What a profoundly awesome teaching! ♥️

[@readingsbycara]

True #soulcare 💜

[@NaryHappysuffering]

Buddha teaching is the only way for humanity. Thank you for spreading his compassion ❤ rest in peace sir!!

[@springtime8388]

This made me cry... I've felt so angry for a long time because of something's that was said to me... idk my anger is at its highest it was ever been. This couldn't have come at a better time..

[@atis9061]

A very soothing man that I can trust, just because he radiates peace. I have begun feeling and allowing the deeper implications to surface. The anger IS energy but underneath is sadness & grief. So I cry A LOT & don’t hold it back.

[@muhlenstedt]

Very practical and profound at the sametime ...and very important since anger affect all of us.Thank you very much!

[@zentient8840]

I was/am angry. I have been angry my whole life because of broken trust and manipulation. I've tried to show understanding and compassion, but that is weakness to them. So I suffer....😢

[@MrReedTea]

You need to be able to discern between people that will hurt you and those that won't. You can love people from afar. A sadhu once told a snake to love everyone the snake came back beaten the sadhu said I didn't say not to hiss.

[@Axterrix]

If it is weakness to them, it is their option. Not yours. Being compassive helps to put distance with that kind of persons.

[@falconbritt5461]

If family members have narcissistic traits (look up narcissism, Lisa A. Romano has videos on this), sometimes you must offer yourself the compassion by spending less time with them or even moving far away and cutting ties. If their cruelty is so harsh, you do not owe it to them to ruin your life because they choose to continue to be cruel. Self love is as important as loving other people; Jesus said love others as you love yourself. Equally. You deserve love and peace and kindness, so please give it to yourself by exiting if they continually insist on destroying your peace. People who have never lived with this level of abuse may not understand your choice to protect your well-being, but it is only because they have never tried to endure it. I say, as other people who have experienced know, you matter. Your happiness matters. Please protect your happiness by choosing to be around kind people instead as much as possible. Staying in relationship with abusive and untrustworthy people, I have learned, is a sign of poor mental health; it is called codependency, and it enables the abuser to keep behaving so horribly. That is not good for their spiritual growth or emotional growth as people, for you to allow this to continue. And being codependent is not good for your spiritual or emotional growth either. Learning and understanding about these things has taught me a lot, so I wanted to share. Maybe you already know them. There are good books on these things, if not. Please be compassionate to yourself. Those who only enjoy kicking you in the head emotionally are not healthy to be around. Be kind to yourself and pray for them from a distance if they are not willing to grow. Perhaps later in life they will change, but for now, please take care of yourself. You matter. Your happiness matters.

[@pamelawinson3192]

Yes I see that as well. My ex partner let others take the sorry piss so much I watched it happening and festering. Then I git so frustrated and angry. ....

[@falconbritt5461]

@@pamelawinson3192 It seems like a matter of balance, to walk the middle path. I do not find it healthy to try to let people drink our emotional blood, so to speak, continually. It teaches them bad habits, and it devalues our value as part of the creation. This destroys people over time in most cases, staying with abusers. When another human is exploiting all your kindness and forgiveness, and we do not set boundaries, too many these days can be like vampires, like parasites to drain all your psychic energy. You are likely to lose even your appreciation for the basic goodness of life over time. Perhaps a saint full of great light can do this for years, but it is soul-killing for most people, so I think we must be honest with ourselves about what we can and cannot handle at any stage of our spiritual journey. Just my opinion. Loving kindness to others should be done whenever possible, but if you do not show yourself loving kindness, do you not also deserve it and need it? Balance. The middle path.

[@eu16tu18]

Thank you for uploading this precious words...🙏🏻

[@marciadesouza3314]

Thank-you! Nhat, for talking about anger 😠 😡 it is really very unpleasant to be involved in people who have anger in themselves, they make other peoples life hell.

[@jasi1650]

I love Thich Nhat Hanh. 🙏🏽💕

[@bugelbee]

I've had so much pain and anger inside me ...... thank you for this video for too long I have wondered why I felt pain everyday in my heart. Some of what he said really helped me understand how to handle anger and pain .... So much to learn so much to learn

[@sallyrile7601]

Also, read Tina gilbertson's book, constructive wallowing, re healing painful feelings. Excellent.

[@j.d.thompson3505]

His teachings make me cry. That is transformation.

[@Alex-fb8rz]

What a life changing teaching. In 16 minutes I learned an invaluable lesson. 🙏🏻

[@kali7906]

I could listen to him talk forever. His voice is very soothing.

[@jenniechen24]

The Buddha of today!

[@ChefVegan]

The continuation of the Buddha 😊

[@fingerprint5511]

The Buddha is not form...that's the Jesus fantasy you are projecting. If so, why did Thay experience a Stroke so he can no longer walk or speak?

[@groominator-magneticequato2529]

I understand the sentiment, but anyone who has been involved with an abusive and controlling partner, while watching their children simultaneously be abused to control you, there is no amount of acceptance and forgiveness that will quell the abuse. If you tell such a person that you’ve suffered and are angry, do not stay around for the aftermath. I wish this tradition and the schooling love conquers all would address this dynamic that is an exception to these lessons. It has cost many everything, including their lives.

[@annebradshaw6331]

Self survival would suggest to leave the situation, yet that is not always doable

[@hayleydryden8358]

I cannot stop my anger at cruelty to people and animals..

[@michelleraney3577]

You need to get help now, please!!!

[@hayleydryden8358]

@@michelleraney3577 its the cruel people that need help.. No right minded human could not feel angry over animal and human cruelty..

[@selfhelpchampion9664]

Thank you, will post this at selfhelpchampion under Understanding Anger🙏👍

[@patriciadejong3350]

This video came at a perfect time and I will use this knowledge immediately! Thankyou namaste

[@leniestahljohansson7230]

Thank you for the words of wisedom. I will always remember them in my heart.

[@itskylebisch]

“I am suffering with anger I am trying my best Please help me” 🙏❤️

[@euleneats]

Yeah narcissists will gaslight if you tell them even calmly that you are angry. They will rage and point at you.

[@maresnite]

I realize my anger of losing my only child, an adult, 2 years ago. I am still learning how to accept it & get past being angry. I know I must go on in life. It just feels hollow without my son. 💔❤✌

[@plumvillageapp]

Thank you for sharing this with us, dear Marilee. May you and your son be well 🙏. A lotus for you, The Plum Village App team

[@ngonigriffith1491]

I like what was said about not suppressing your anger because it goes in line with what the Bible says to be angry, but sin not. I can be angry, but I don't want to act on my anger. Acting out of anger brings suffering.

[@cyberpunkworld]

My personal anger.... I am not strong enough and I fall tired after a while. I cannot fight anymore. Then.... I blame it on something, when I should in fact go to sleep and wake up the next day.

[@_suse_]

Thank you, Thich. I need to hear this. Hope you're enjoying your expanded sphere :)

[@galaxylucia1898]

Thank you for these short learning clips, but I am even MORE appreciative of the links to the full video that includes the chants. 🙏🏾🥰 Even tho where I am in the States we are slowly transitioning to in-person practice, It’s great to sit an experience a full-length Dharma talk by Thay. His wisdom and entire being has become a refuge for me.

[@heidiferlmann6442]

Thay is so wise! This the most concient way to lose your anger! It works realy! Breathing in y breathing out....🥰🙏❤

[@idapingala7963]

Roots of anger...Corruption, injustice, liars, betrayed, dictatorship, apathic people which accept the inacceptable deliquessence society. It’s not a negative emotion. Staying calm in front of a collapsing society is not a proof of courage, but selfishness. A democracy requires citizens concern about it. If I remember, you were at the side of Martin Luther King in US, and were also a dissident in Vietnam at your young age.

[@ChefVegan]

Thank you Thich and Plum Village.

[@mdmmalou]

If you find your roots to your anger; you dont have to confront all people who trigger you to make you angry. Just do the opposite and be kind to them. They anger you until you catche it and realizes its difficulties from the past. Nobody owes you. So don't let someone who angers you controle you. Just dont let that happen and go to the roots of your anger inside, not outside of you.

[@jenlinds1]

They are the messengers 💛

[@gouthamk5683]

You came to this world, Practiced Buddha's Teaching, Transmitted Buddha's Teaching and Relieved Suffering of the People. You are an Fully Enlightenment Master! An Arahant! May mother earth, Devas, All the Beings Rejoice in the Teachings you have Transmitted that would live for centuries. Helping all Beings.🙏🙏🙏

[@diamondfb]

With all due respects to Sir Thich Nhat Hanh whom I admire so much, I am sure many of you agree that there are situations and people where you're already so afraid that you can't write down or say anything to the person who is hurting you. You also know that no matter what you say or write will have no impact on them. I would love to hear from someone who has overcome such a situation. I think that's why I am asking here for support from others. Thanks in advance and thank you for this video.

[@risenfromthepyre]

I feel that this is Thich's personal struggle and he has used his practice to help others.

[@acajudi100]

Thank you. Put a d before anger, and you get danger. Behave.

[@jessegibson7009]

Darling, I suffer. I am angry, and I want you to know it. I don't know why you have done such a thing to me. I don't know why you have said, such a thing to me. I suffer very much. I'm angry. I want you to know it. Darling, I am doing my best. Darling, I need your help.

[@tulikaverma3809]

Understanding and compassion is the only antidote to anger

[@mid-westbigfootresearchers8665]

There's no bottom to the well of anger for me, no transforming it into some lie I can live with. But I've had a life of unending pain that is far beyond belief. For starters, try dealing with the government raiding your home as a child over a "Bigfoot" encounter, and watch the National Guard haul away your family to be hypnotized to forget about the event, as well as myself being dragged away kicking and screaming. That was just the start. My point is, nobody has any idea what makes another person angry, or what level of suffering caused it. Some things you just can't sweep under the rug and pretend to be happy.

[@Alchemy005]

Anger is a destructive element, so be careful. 🙏❤️🌹

[@SongSwan]

The reason for anger is that there some people who actually care about things other than themselves,they have the intelligence to know that some things are valuable and worth fighting for.Show me someone with no anger and I will show you someone who just doesn't care about anything.

[@anca77777]

Hey, I highly recommend the Stoic approach to anger. There are many texts online that explain this :) It's very close to the Buddhist approach. Seneca wrote an essay on anger, “the best plan is to reject straightway the first incentives to anger, to resist its very beginnings, and to take care not to be betrayed into it: for if once it begins to carry us away, it is hard to get back again into a healthy condition, because reason goes for nothing when once passion has been admitted to the mind, and has by our own free will been given a certain authority, it will for the future do as much as it chooses, not only as much as you will allow it. The enemy, I repeat, must be met and driven back at the outermost frontier-line: for when he has once entered the city and passed its gates, he will not allow his prisoners to set bounds to his victory.” Anyway, hope it helps. Anger in small doses is ok. Of course we are angry at what we see happening in the world around us, but anger alone will not help us fix those problems. We need to control the anger so we can do the real work ;) All the best.

[@BaileyDerby]

He says everyone knows anger, and not to suppress it, but to know it and love it the way a mother loves a child. There is no need to defend your anger. Don’t you want to be free of its grip?

[@soulrebel7114]

I know a person like that. Doesn’t care about much and never gets angry. It is a gaslighting behavior as well.

[@KatieKamala]

@@anca77777 great post

[@anca77777]

"Anger and rage are like a fire alarm. They won’t put out the fire."

[@CharlesTaylor109]

Thank you for this Dharma sharing.

[@nctunes]

Wish someone would fix his hat off his ears, that makes me angry. LOL. Programed a robot to get angry for me and now I'm the robot. Wishing nothing but good for you.

[@b.c.4902]

That is wise. It is difficult if the other person does not listen, mocks or even abuses. Then I think it is ok to fight back I would like to hear wisdom on being bullied, abused or taken advantage off. Anger is a good indicator that someone is crossing the boundaries. Not all people live in a Plum Village, although I would like it to be so

[@kathiewalli8746]

Well this is really something This video has changed my life 🙏 Thank you from the bottom of my heart 😌

[@galespressos]

Ah, from 2004, so pertinent now, 2020. Thank you. 🙏

[@leticiapashos4566]

Que hermosas palabras y lección. No sabemos que hacer con el enojó, muy buena dirección ❤️❤️❤️

[@caroleborsu]

Thank you Thich Nhat Hanh! Your gentle smile and calm voice always get through to me. You always walked the walk of wisdom. May peace find you wherever you are 🙏

[@zuminguyen2829]

Thank you Big Soul ! ❤️

[@davidfitzgerald4683]

Ego and the surrendering of it is the only answer 🙏

[@Ludifant]

People who tell me I am responsible for my own anger, make me so mad I cannot write comments anymore...

[@johnnyesmond9176]

no more words man.. this is absolutely beautiful

[@mvl6827]

“Don’t follow leaders, watch the parking meters” ... Bob Dylan

[@johnsmith-rd3zx]

why should God tolerate people when people do not tolerate God?

[@MysticFiddler1]

What is the method to use if the deadline (24 hours) is passed?

[@J.A.Hansen]

Thats True🙏When ever I feel angry about something,someone,or about myself,I try to reflect way down inside,why and where does it come from.That helped me a lot,but I m still working on it cause I m a firehead.Fortunely I m a musician and I can tranform a lot of energy into a higher viberation and can go back to the state of mindfulness.So I m steady working on myself.Whenever I did something that I did out of anger,I try to calm down and go to the person that I was angry about and apologize for my bad temper🙏

[@MontePrima8539]

I love Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh! He speaks here about exactly what I am dealing with in my mind! In a such interesting and mild manner! Thank you!

[@makaylahollywood3677]

I am so angry that all the people whom i try to love but, instead they hurt me. The sadness is a lifetime. I have transforming to do. It's time to have compassion for myself.

[@wendyrual7179]

Your teaching has changed my life dearest Thay 🙏 Thank you so much 🙏💕💕

[@dan-andreivasilescu228]

No adequate words can ever describe the outstanding work that Thay has done

[@vielynn]

Grief has a way of hiding and then turning in to anger or rage,

[@anaamericarogerio7295]

Thank you so much for teaching us to handle and conquer negative emotions.

[@neatneat9088]

Great teaching. The cemetery and jails are filled with individuals who acted or reacted with anger.

[@cinziataffuri640]

Thank You Master with great pleasure I heard Your teaching and I will treasure it Tnank You🙏💛💛💛🌈

[@charityw1020]

Ambled down the internet and found this, wow ⭐️❤️🌞

[@440SPN]

Very amazing and outstanding man is Thich Nhat Hahn. I am very gr a teful to have been born in a time to access his teachings. Words do not p r operly xpress🙏🙏🙏🌹💞💞💞💥💥💥💙

[@jennykastelic3253]

thank you, teacher.

[@Skyelement84K]

What if you must witness other's anger...? General anger or directed towards me.

[@stebarg]

Yesterday, I stumbled by accident into a feminist event in which they promoted abortion. I was shocked by their casual way of promoting abortion. In my understanding, abortion is murder out of convenience. I attended the event without speaking up. I felt very irritated by those ideologies. Later on, I tried to talk in a smaller group and a more relaxed atmosphere with some women about abortion. Still, they started immediately to justify their opinion with their right over their own body. That’s a very triggering topic now for me. In my understanding, discussing whether abortion should be done or not is like debating whether we should kill or not members of a particular group of people we don’t like.

[@kimhesketh2016]

That is so easy for someone to say that will never, no matter how reckless, irresponsible, or unlucky, will ever get pregnant when they don't want to be. So calm down.

[@stebarg]

@@kimhesketh2016 Your comment is like Hitler would say "You will never understand how bad those Jews and disabled people are, so calm down." Start thinking!

[@kimhesketh2016]

@@stebarg Oh the old Hitler argument. When you don't have a good comeback accuse that person of being like Hitler. You should take your own advice and start thinking. I'm guessing you've never had an original thought your whole life.

[@alegreone]

Your phrase, “In my understanding” is important to reflect upon for all of us. We all have limited understanding of another’s circumstances. The message I get over and over from Buddhism is that it’s better for us to work on ourselves rather than succumb to our desire to tell other people how to run their own lives. The result may be more persuasive to others than hectoring .

[@nanynobreli]

Thank you 🙏

[@magdalenagauderon3754]

Tjank you. What about hurt? Where is the root of hurt?

[@samanthaalexander3057]

I watched this and my anger vanished

[@yciupak]

It's so wonderful to see master Thich Nhat Hanh! May you be healthy and live a long, long, and long life to continue to manifest your wisdom, compassion, and light on earth! 🙏🙏🙏