CAN ANGER BE JUSTIFIED?
Allan Wallace writes in ‘Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground up’: “Righteous hatred” is in the same category as “righteous cancer” or “righteous tuberculosis”. All of them are absurd concepts. This does not mean that one should never take action against aggression or injustice! Instead, one should try to develop an inner calmness and insight to deal with these situations in an appropriate way. We all know that anger and aggression give rise to anger and aggression. One could say that there are three ways to get rid of anger: kill the opponent, kill yourself or kill the anger – which one makes most sense to you?
