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December Youth Retreat (Sil) Audio - AngerNew! The youth presentation for
youth retreat on the 19thof December 2010 was on the theme of Anger.
You can listen to and download the MP3 audio files of the youth retreat from
the
link below:
Listen to & Download All Recordings here:
http://www.vihara.org.au/t7/youth/media/audio/talks/2010/default.aspx#ang1
Anger
By Hasini Ilangaratne & Samudi Gammampala
Anger is a strong feeling of displeasure. It arises due to delusion and greed.
For an example, you are walking along the street and a stranger swears or says
something that makes you angry. It wasn’t directed at you but you still took
offense and became angry, and in turn swore back at them. But another stranger
comes along and swears in another foreign language. Are you angered at this? No
you are not. Why? Because you have no idea what they have just said and this
time it may even have been directed at you but you do not perceive it as
provocative because you do not recognise it. So let us compare the pair. In the
first situation, you became angry because you understood what the person was
saying however in the second situation when you did not understand what the
person was saying you did not get angry. It is because of our delusion that we
become angry; although we perceive the words we recognise as swear words, in
both situations all we actually in reality hear are sounds. Our wrong
interpretations of these ‘sounds’ is what made us angry. This is delusion.
Greed:
Greed can mean the following things...
* Desire for your own likes and dislikes - For example, if you really
like
something and you do not get it or you get something you really don’t like,
this
will make you angry.
* Wanting something bad to happen to someone else = ill-will - For
example, you
do not like someone and they have a better laptop for example than you do, and
you hope that something bad happens to it or them.Getting Rid of Anger
Three stages to demerit:
* The mind, verbal actions and physical actions - Example:
someone says
something really mean to you. You think and perceive those words as ‘mean’ and
they hurt you. So then you get angry. You then say something back to them that
is mean. They turn their back and dismiss it and this causes you to become even
angrier and so you go up and punch them. Here, in this situation, this person
has committed all three stages of demerit, the mind, verbal actions and
physical
actions. It is near impossible to completely eradicate anger so we should
attempt to limit it to the second or even the first stage. When you get angry
recognise It in your mind. Observe it and analyse. You need to think about it
and wonder whether it is actually necessary to be angry. Think about the reason
for why you are angry and whether it is valid or not. Think about what will
happen if you stay angry; whether it will escalate to verbal actions and then
to
physical actions. If you do end up staying angry, you, yourself, will be
receiving the demerit, despite the fact that you got angry at someone or
something else. So the best thing to do is to stop it at the mind.
* Regarding everything as impermanent and uncontrollable - Accept the
fact that
everything is impermanent. For example, your mother loves Pyrex and she has
this
whole collection. You come along one day and you accidentally smash one and she
gets angry. If she were not as attached to the Pyrex, she would not have gotten
so angry. If she also understood the impermanence of the object and how she was
unable to control how long it would last she would not have gotten so angry.
* Meditation - Meditation in general can help because it will calm the
mind and
clear of negative thoughts of ill-will.
What We Learned at the Youth Retreat (Sil) DocumentNew! This document was
written at the end of the youth retreat (sil) by the youths to
demonstrate what they learned on the day. The accompanying MP3 audio
file for this can be found here:
http://www.opiumempire.com/vihara/youth/media/audio/talks/2010/what_we_learned_thurunusaviya_youth_19-12-2010_22kbps_mono_en.mp3
Download this document from the below links:
PDF:
http://www.vihara.org.au/t7/pub/atts/2010/12/What_We_Learned_Youth_Sil_Dec10.pdf
Image:
http://www.vihara.org.au/t7/pub/atts/2010/12/What_We_Learned_Youth_Sil_Dec10.gif
Direct Download the Youth Sil Audio FilesNew! You can direct download the
youth
sil audio files from the links below:
Direct Download 'Anger Sermon in English by Ven. Digamadulle Wimalanda Thero
(MP3)':
http://www.opiumempire.com/vihara/youth/media/audio/talks/2010/anger_sermon_dwimalananda_19-12-2010_22kbps_mono_en.mp3
Direct Download 'Anger Presentation in English by Hasini Ilangaratne & Samudi
Gammampala (MP3)':
http://www.opiumempire.com/vihara/youth/media/audio/talks/2010/anger_presentation_hilangaratne_sgammampila_19-12-2010_22kbps_mono_en.mp3
Direct Download 'Guided Metta Meditation & Chanting in English by Rasika
Wijayaratne (MP3)':
http://www.opiumempire.com/vihara/youth/media/audio/talks/2010/metta_meditation_rwijayaratne_19-12-2010_22kbps_mono_en.mp3
Direct Download 'Book Discussion in English by Thurunusaviya Youth (MP3)':
http://www.opiumempire.com/vihara/youth/media/audio/talks/2010/book_discussion_thurunusaviya_youth_19-12-2010_22kbps_mono_en.mp3
Direct Download 'What We Learned in English by Thurunusaviya Youth (MP3)':
http://www.opiumempire.com/vihara/youth/media/audio/talks/2010/what_we_learned_thurunusaviya_youth_19-12-2010_22kbps_mono_en.mp3
Next Youth Retreat - January 2011
The date for the next youth retreat in January 2011 will be announced shortly
and will be on the theme of Kamma. All youths are welcome to attend.
Upcoming Events Thursday, 23 December @ 8:00 PM, Weekly Meditation in Sinhala:
More info
Saturday, 25 December @ 7:00 PM, SPECIAL - Special Bodhi Puja for
Most
Ven. Ampitiye Sri Rahula Thero: More info
Sunday, 26 December @ 5:00 PM, Monthly Guided Meditation & Discussion
in English for Youths & Beginners: More info
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