Did the Buddha Get Angry?

Was anger recommended by the Buddha as potentially beneficial? Did the Buddha himself ever get angry? In early Buddhism we learn of the unskillfulness of hatred, but is anger in the same category? We will consider these questions in this video.

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✅ Videos mentioned:
The Buddha on Investigating Our Teachers: Should Only Enlightened People Teach Dharma? —    • The Buddha on Investigating Our Teachers: ...  
Spiritual Humility in Early Buddhism: Lessons from the Cankī Sutta —    • Spiritual Humility in Early Buddhism: Less...  
Humility and Skepticism in Buddhist Practice: Problems with the Cankī Sutta —    • Humility and Skepticism in Buddhist Practi...  
Buddha on Anger and Hatred —    • Buddha on Anger and Hatred  

✅ Suttas mentioned:
https://suttacentral.net/mn38/en/sujato (Mahātaṇhāsaṅkaya)
https://suttacentral.net/mn58/en/sujato (Abhayarājakumāra)
https://suttacentral.net/mn95/en/sujato (Cankī)
https://suttacentral.net/mn47/en/sujato (Vīmaṃsaka)
https://suttacentral.net/an4.84/en/su...
https://suttacentral.net/an4.44/en/su...
https://suttacentral.net/iti12/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/an2.180-229/...
https://suttacentral.net/dhp221-234/e... (chapter on anger)

✅ Article mentioned:
Christina Caron, “Don’t Shut Down Your Anger. Channel It.” New York Times, Nov. 2, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/we...

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00:00 Intro
01:05 How anger might seem useful: the case of Sāti
04:18 The case of Māra
06:01 Apparent anger and the vetting of a guru
07:57 Sutta doctrine on anger
09:02 Dhammapada verse on the charioteer
12:07 Conclusions about early Buddhism and anger

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