Comments on: Anger http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/21/anger/ My life as a father, Buddhist, Japanophile and Koreaphile. Tue, 29 May 2012 07:24:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gerald Ford http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/21/anger/#comment-2330 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:25:57 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=1813#comment-2330 Novice: thanks for clarifying. I misread the quote before (sorry Suvro for not having a better response). :)

]]> By: novice101 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/21/anger/#comment-2331 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:22:58 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=1813#comment-2331 What Aristotle was saying is basically what Buddhism is telling us – there is no real cause for us to be that angry that we allow it to distort our views and color our reactions. Anger is basically destructive so there is no such thing as right person, right degree, right time, right purpose and the right way.

]]> By: Gerald Ford http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/21/anger/#comment-2332 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:00:58 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=1813#comment-2332 Hi Suvro: honestly, I don’t have much opinion on it. :p My first thought though is that anger is a thing best avoided in general.

]]> By: Suvro Chatterjee http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/21/anger/#comment-2329 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:06:29 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=1813#comment-2329 Care to comment on how the Buddhist idea about anger gells or conflicts with the following observation, Gerald?… ‘Anyone can become angry – that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not easy’ (Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics, quoted by Daniel Goleman in his book, Emotional Intelligence)

]]> By: Gerald Ford http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/21/anger/#comment-2328 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:21:24 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=1813#comment-2328 Novice101: Welcome to the L8B! Well said.

Victor: Thanks very much. I have to admit I would miss blogging if I stopped. Like I was telling Erg before, I suppose this has sort of become my Buddhist practice. Go figure. :p

]]> By: Victor http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/21/anger/#comment-2327 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:07:09 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=1813#comment-2327 Thank you for your post today. I appreciate that you keep your blog going, on top of all your other obligations.

Victor

]]> By: novice101 http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2008/11/21/anger/#comment-2326 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:57:56 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=1813#comment-2326 When we set up expectations we are set ourselves up for disappointments. Because of our ignorance we conjure up all sorts of reasons why others fail us and we go for their jugulars.

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