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It has to start in us. We have to work on ourselves, if we are to overcome disputes. The source of disputes is within the heart and we must clean the heart of ourselves. Once we have done so, we ha to make sure, it does not come back again in future. Gladness, friendship, loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, truthfulness, dispel disputes and promote harmony.
Negative emotions such as ill-will, anger, hatred are responsible for conflicts and disharmony. The Buddhaghosha in his Vishuddhimarga ten ways to overcome negative emotions such as ill-will, anger, resentment, hatred and so on:
The first step is, concentrating on the Buddha's teaching that " you should not have ill-will towards others". Reflecting on this, one can reduce his anger or hatred towards others and gain calmness of mind.
The second step is, seeing positive qualities in others.
The third step is to develop compassion for other person, if positive qualities are not found in him. Feel pity for such kind of person.
The fourth step is, try to win over or remove anger from your mind by cultivating opposite qualities like love and affection.
The Step is if anger is still there then reflect on nature of Karma or ownership of Karma i.e. 'I own my actions, he owns his, so you ask yourself. Actions performed with anger will lead to pain and suffering. You need not punish him, because as per Law of Karma, he will be punished by his own.
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Karmas. As a result you will realize, you should not get angry.
The sixth step is, even this method does not work, still you are not able to control your anger, then you can reflect on the Buddha's own demonstration of lack of hatred. In Buddhist texts, in many ways the Buddha is shown as non-reactive. So, you can try to follow the example of Buddha.
The seventh step is, if this also does not work, then reflect on cycle of births and deaths due to deeds of one's own. Bad deeds done with anger result in unhappy consequences. Fear of Suffering of births, death and rebirths reduce your anger towards others.
The eighth step is, if still your anger persists then, reflect on advan tage of practicing Maitri- the loving kindness. If your mind is full of loving kindness, you will feel tranquility and peace of mind.
The ninth step is, if this method also does not work, then reflects on 'no-self of others on whom you are angry, 'such as the other person has noself. Then on whom I am angry? Am I angry with his body, or some parts of his body? and so on. Realizing through this analysis that there is nothing fixed and unchanging that you can direct younger to. In this way, you use
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| SR No. | 007005 |
| Book Title | World of Philosophy |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave |
| Publisher | Shanti Prakashan |
| Publication Year | 2011 |
| Total Pages | 1002 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 30 MB |