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Podcast: Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox
Episode: Episode 60 - A World Without Hatred
Description: The first person harmed by anger is oneself. The Buddha said that harming others in anger is like thrusting a burning torch at another person, but doing it upwind, so that the flames blow and scorch our own face. In this episode we look at an antidote to anger, the practice of loving kindness. Lovingkindness is the intention that wishes another to be happy. A prayer of loving kindness is "May you be happy, may you be free [from suffering]". In this episode we meditated on loving kindness in three rounds as an antidote to our own anger. First...