Giving in to anger, one does not practice the Dhamma

[Viveka]

@Thaniyo_Bhikkhu

Anger is never useful, dukkha is not useful

I have found working with both has often been the best teacher. Out of every instance of suffering, there is a great opportunity to learn about samsara.

@Akaliko

This is the difference between the ideal and the progress that leads there,; experiencing anger and working with it wisely.

Anger is a very strong emotion. This is a very useful aspect, if one is mindful of the arising and ceasing of emotions. As such, anger can be used to actively practice work on non-self, and on impermanence, and directly feed into the gradual training of the Noble 8-fold path.

@Mat

“Herein a householder is wise: he is endowed with wisdom that understands the arising and cessation; he is possessed of the noble penetrating insight that leads to the destruction of suffering. This is called the accomplishment of wisdom”.

Importantly it holds that seeing arising and passing away (ie- practice of dhammanusarins and those training for stream entry -see Okkanta samyutta) is practice for lay people, busy as they are.