Ep 4: Seeing the world in shades of grey

Good and bad, isn't exactly black and white. 

• Does doing a bad deed, make one bad person?  


• Does a kind act always bring about positive result?


• Can anger be a force for good?

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Resources and useful links:

• Book - In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Dr Gabor Maté


• Angulimala sutta - The Serial killer who became enlightened


• 4 Brahma Viharas / Sublime States/Pure Abodes 


• Right Speech

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Timestamps: 

(02:19): Bad people deserve love

(08:23): The wise use of our limited amount of compassion

(13:33): How to see the human behind the evil act

(18:38): Reconciling the cognitive dissonance between ideals and the reality.

(22:05): Precepts - why breaking the 'rules' can help you to understand them.

(28:05): Having good intentions is not good enough

(35:00): Compassion must be accompanied by wisdom

(37:15): Anger is a manifestation of compassion

(41:18): The 4 divine abodes to turn anger into a force for good

(43:49): Good people are punished and bad people get away doing evil things. Really?

(45:49): Standing up for oneself 

(53:50): What is the opposite of anger?

(55:52): Can a peaceful person garner the same amount of support for change vs an angry person?

Correction: Venerable Angulimala was stoned during alms round but was not stoned to death. 

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