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Anger and violence seem to stem from a powerful but frustrated desire to communicate, don't they? I mean as opposed to just downright cruelty whose agenda is simply gratification in seeing someone else suffer. That's another thing.
I find my own anger always stems from frustrated communication; so does Vera's and my kids' anger seems to boil out of the same source - frustration at one's own lack of communication or at the so obviously foolish (to you) lack of communication of others...The Tibetans have several words for anger: khro (pron.: TR'O) = rage and a belligerent, wrathful attitude; zhe (pron.: SHE) = hatred; sdangs (pron.: DANG) = dislike, aversion, hatred, anger, aggression, hostility, irritation, be hateful, dislike, be hostile toward, opposed to, angry at; and zhe sdang is the translation of the 'hatred-aversion' that is one of the three poisons (desire and hatred as manifestations of ignorance) and this can be very subtle, as in simply having a preference for or prefering to avoid, and - as we doubtless all know - the frustration of even this can lead to an undertow of feeling badly done by and resentment...

peace in dark times

'DZAM LING CHI DANG YÜL K'AM 'DI DAG TU

In the world at large and in this region in particular,

NE MUG TS'ÖN SOG DUG NGÄL MING MI DRAG

May the names of suffering such as ‘sickness’, ‘famine’ and ‘war’ not be heard.

CHÖ DEN SÖ NAM PÄL 'JOR GONG DU 'PEL

May the meritorious qualities, honour and prosperity of all who act in accord with Dharma greatly increase,

TAG TU TRA SHI DE LEG P'ÜN TS'OG SHOG

And may there always be an absolute perfection of good fortune, happiness and auspicious circumstances.

This is by Jñana — HH Düd'jom Rinpoche