Saturday, July 19, 2008

Anger that meditates

I know a whole bunch of meditators that are often angry. It's a kind of spiritual disaster, as those who never meditate are much happier and less egoistic. By the way, the latter party wouldn't take pride in their relatively better mentation, whereas meditators wouldn't feel disappointed that they're relatively worse.  Of both parties ANGER is DORMANT, just like many other mental tendencies. 

I know so many a people remaining angry throughout their meditation, as they're unable to cope with the surroundings that is full of different distractions, such as children playing around, people talking, phones ringing, etc. They're angry, since they DON'T know that the very dealing with distraction is the success story. Inner-peace is the goal of meditation, and the path leading to that is hazardous of distractions. 

By the way the distractions are twofold, outer and inner. You anger, which is inner, is the worse one at this point. YOU HAVE BECOME ANGER, and that's why you retaliate  your surroundings. Are you really meditating? You're still doing, but not the way the Buddha has taught, since retaliation is your meditation. 

Ask yourself. 

By Upananda Thero Dedunupitiye

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