Anger | Brother Troi Nguyen Luc

As a young man in Thailand, being an environmental activist,

what was your energy that you were acting from?

Anger.

Back then, I acted out of anger and and compassion.

I had a lot of compassion for the victims,

but I also had a lot of anger towards the perpetrators, the polluters.

I do not understand deeply.

And with that action that is based on anger,

it may lead to some

short term success.

But in the long run, it's not long lasting

and can lead to more troubles,

if it's not done out of understanding.

But with Thầy's teachings, I learn to to look at things more deeply,

to try to understand not only the victims, but the perpetrators, what conditions they were under.

What kind of background, why they did what they did.

And with that, instead of acting out of anger,

you act out of understanding,

you act out of compassion.

And with that kind of energy, it's easier to to communicate,

to understand them, and they understand us.

And I think it's more...

It's more peaceful

and it can lead to a more long lasting solution.