In every mind a Saint -- Chan (Zen) Buddhism: If you get angry, you are not enlightened?

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

If you get angry, you are not enlightened?

Anger is often deemed as personality or spiritual weakness. Many people in Buddhism also believe that all greed, hatred and ignorance are extinct for people who become enlightened or an arhat. A common and lowest kind of anger is the one that erupts when not being externally provoked, but mainly due... Sign in to see full entry.

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