Let a man overcome anger by love.

Excerpt

Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth!

Source Dhammapada 221-225 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to the Dhammapada, anger is not overcome by anger but by gentleness; in the same way, good overcomes evil, generosity overcomes greed and truth overcomes lies. Today, when someone flares up at you, answer in a softer and slower voice than theirs, and notice what it changes.

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