Episode 222: Preventing Anger

Episode 222: Preventing Anger

From Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox by JoAnn Fox: Buddhist Teacher

November 5, 2025 · 55 min

About this episode

JoAnn Fox discusses five Buddhist antidotes to anger and how to transform challenges into opportunities for spiritual growth.

Longtime Buddhist Teacher, JoAnn Fox, explores five powerful Buddhist antidotes to anger and aversion: patience acceptance recognizing karma remembering impermanence seeing other people or challenges as spiritual teachers compassion Learn how to meet challenges with wisdom instead of reaction. Buddha reminds us that peace isn't about avoiding pain; it's about understanding it. By practicing a simple yet profound method, W.A.I.T What Am I Thinking, we begin to free ourselves from the fires of aversion and cultivate genuine calm instead. In this way, we can transform difficult people and situations into profound opportunities for spiritual growth. "Because I am patient and do no wrong to those who harm me, I have become a refuge to many." - Buddha References and Links Buddha (1986).The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories, Verse 399. Translated by Daw Mya Tin, M.A. (Website). Edited by Editorial Committee, Burma Tipitaka Association Rangoon. Courtesy .of Nibbana.com. For free distribution only, as a gift of dhamma. Retrieved from https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/verseload.php?verse=399 Find us at the links below: Our Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/BuddhismForEveryone Facebook…

People in this episode

Host: JoAnn Fox

Topics covered

  • anger
  • Buddhism
  • spiritual growth
  • patience
  • compassion
  • mindfulness

Keywords

  • anger
  • Buddhism
  • patience
  • compassion
  • spiritual growth
  • mindfulness
  • W.A.I.T

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Burma Tipitaka Association, Nibbana.com

Books & works: The Dhammapada

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