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Hello friend of the Dhamma
Please allow me to share some Dhamma with you,

May you and all our relatives be well and secure
may you and all our relatives be happy
may you and all our relatives receive the highest blessings
may you and all our relatives not kill
may you and all our relatives not cause others to kill
may you and all our relatives not conquer
may you and all our relatives not cause others to conquer

Anguttara Nikaya VII.60 --Kodhana Sutta
An Angry Person
For free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma
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"These seven things -- pleasing to an enemy, bringing about an enemy's
aim -- come to a man or woman who is angry. Which seven?
"There is the case where an enemy wishes of an enemy, 'O, may this person be
ugly!' Why is that? An enemy is not pleased with an enemy's good looks. Now,
when a person is angry -- overcome with anger, oppressed with anger -- then
regardless of the fact that he may be well-bathed, well-anointed, dressed in
white clothes, his hair & beard neatly trimmed, he is ugly nevertheless, all
because he is overcome with anger. This is the first thing pleasing to an
enemy, bringing about an enemy's aim, that comes to a man or woman who is
angry.

"Furthermore, an enemy wishes of an enemy, 'O, may this person sleep badly!'
Why is that? An enemy is not pleased with an enemy's restful sleep. Now,
when a person is angry -- overcome with anger, oppressed with anger -- then
regardless of the fact that he sleeps on a bed spread with a white blanket,
spread with a woolen coverlet, spread with a flower-embroidered bedspread,
covered with a rug of deerskins, with a canopy overhead, or on a sofa with
red cushions at either end, he sleeps badly nevertheless, all because he is
overcome with anger. This is the second thing pleasing to an enemy, bringing
about an enemy's aim, that comes to a man or woman who is angry.

"Furthermore, an enemy wishes of an enemy, 'O, may this person not profit!'
Why is that? An enemy is not pleased with an enemy's profits. Now, when a
person is angry -- overcome with anger, oppressed with anger -- then even
when he suffers a loss, he thinks, 'I've gained a profit'; and even when he
gains a profit, he thinks, 'I've suffered a loss.' When he has grabbed hold
of these ideas that work in mutual opposition [to the truth], they lead to
his long-term suffering & loss, all because he is overcome with anger. This
is the third thing pleasing to an enemy, bringing about an enemy's aim, that
comes to a man or woman who is angry.

"Furthermore, an enemy wishes of an enemy, 'O, may this person not have any
wealth!' Why is that? An enemy is not pleased with an enemy's wealth. Now,
when a person is angry -- overcome with anger, oppressed with anger -- then
whatever wealth he has, earned through his efforts & enterprise, amassed
through the strength of his arm, and piled up through the sweat of his
brow -- righteous wealth righteously gained -- the king orders it sent to
the royal treasury [in payment of fines levied for his behavior] all because
he is overcome with anger. This is the fourth thing pleasing to an enemy,
bringing about an enemy's aim, that comes to a man or woman who is angry.

"Furthermore, an enemy wishes of an enemy, 'O, may this person not have any
reputation!' Why is that? An enemy is not pleased with an enemy's
reputation. Now, when a person is angry -- overcome with anger, oppressed
with anger -- whatever reputation he has gained from being heedful, it falls
away, all because he is overcome with anger. This is the fifth thing
pleasing to an enemy, bringing about an enemy's aim, that comes to a man or
woman who is angry.

"Furthermore, an enemy wishes of an enemy, 'O, may this person not have any
friends!' Why is that? An enemy is not pleased with an enemy's having
friends. Now, when a person is angry -- overcome with anger, oppressed with
anger -- his friends, companions, & relatives will avoid him from afar, all
because he is overcome with anger. This is the sixth thing pleasing to an
enemy, bringing about an enemy's aim, that comes to a man or woman who is
angry.

"Furthermore, an enemy wishes of an enemy, 'O, may this person, on the
break-up of the body, after death, reappear in the plane of deprivation, the
bad bourn, the lower realms, in hell!' Why is that? An enemy is not pleased
with an enemy's going to heaven. Now, when a person is angry -- overcome
with anger, oppressed with anger -- he engages in misconduct with the body,
misconduct with speech, misconduct with the mind. Having engaged in
misconduct with the body, misconduct with speech, misconduct with the mind,
then -- on the break-up of the body, after death -- he reappears in the
plane of deprivation, the bad bourn, the lower realms, in hell, all because
he was overcome with anger. This is the seventh thing pleasing to an enemy,
bringing about an enemy's aim, that comes to a man or woman who is angry.

"These are the seven things -- pleasing to an enemy, bringing about an
enemy's aim -- that come to a man or woman who is angry."

An angry person is ugly & sleeps poorly.
Gaining a profit, he turns it into a loss,
having done damage with word & deed.
A person overwhelmed with anger
    destroys his wealth.
Maddened with anger,
    he destroys his status.
Relatives, friends, & colleagues avoid him.
    Anger brings loss.
    Anger inflames the mind.
He doesn't realize
that his danger is born from within.
    An angry person doesn't know his own benefit.
    An angry person doesn't see the Dhamma.
A man conquered by anger is in a mass of darkness.
He takes pleasure in bad deeds as if they were good,
but later, when his anger is gone,
he suffers as if burned with fire.
He is spoiled, blotted out,
like fire enveloped in smoke.
When anger spreads,
when a man becomes angry,
he has no shame, no fear of evil,
is not respectful in speech.
For a person overcome with anger,
nothing gives light.

I'll list the deeds that bring remorse,
that are far from the teachings.
    Listen!
An angry person     kills his father,
        kills his mother,
        kills Brahmins
        & people run-of-the-mill.
It's because of a mother's devotion
that one sees the world,
yet an angry run-of-the-mill person
can kill this giver of life.
Like oneself, all beings hold themselves most dear,
yet an angry person, deranged,
can kill himself in many ways:
with a sword, taking poison,
hanging himself by a rope in a mountain glen,

Doing these deeds
that kill beings and do violence to himself,
the angry person doesn't realize that he's ruined.

This snare of Mara, in the form of anger,
dwelling in the cave of the heart:
cut it out with self-control,
discernment, persistence, right view.
The wise man would cut out
each & every form of unskillfulness.
Train yourselves:
'May we not be blotted out.'

Free from anger & untroubled,
free from greed, without longing,
tamed, your anger abandoned,
free from fermentation,
    you will be unbound.
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Revised: 9 November 1998
http://world.std.com/~metta/canon/anguttara/an7-60.html

may all beings be well and secure
may all beings be happy
may all beings receive the highest blessings
may all beings not kill
may all beings not cause others to kill
may all beings not conquer
may all beings not cause others to conquer.

With metta,
Richard.

--
I am subject to aging, I have not gone beyond aging. I am subject to
sickness, have not gone beyond sickness. I am subject to death, have not
gone beyond death. I grow different, separate from all that is dear and
appealing to me. I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, related
through my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, I have
my actions as my arbitor. Whatever I do, for good or for evil to that will I
fall heir.