Thought of the week

Those tormented by the pain of anger,
Never know tranquility of mind—
Strangers they will be to every pleasure;
They will neither sleep nor feel secure. . . .

SHANTIDEVA (685-763)
Bodhicaryavatara: The Way of the Bodhisattva, op. cit. Chap. 5, verses 12-13, and Chap. 6, verses 1-3, 10, 22, 41, 107-8.