Turning Anger into Peace: The Transformative Practice of Patient Acceptance

Identifying the causes of anger and mastering the art of patient acceptance to conquer anger.

In the Buddha’s Third Noble Truth, he taught that true cessation of human suffering exists.

The suffering of jealousy ceases with the practice of rejoicing.

See: The Joyful Cure: How Rejoicing Leads to the Cessation of Jealousy

The suffering of attachment ceases by meditating on impermanence.

The suffering of negative Karma ceases by practicing purification and moral discipline.

And the suffering of anger ceases with the practice of patient acceptance.

Eckhart Tolle’s Pain Body

For most people, anger comes easily, and meditating on anger is nearly effortless. Once anger takes over, it becomes self-sustaining.

Eckhart Tolle identified this phenomenon and gave it a name, the Pain Body.

He found the concept useful because it allows people to disidentify from anger and pain, which facilitates managing symptoms more effectively.