ONCE, IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH I was then attending, the priest told the story of how, when Jesus was close to death, his students asked him to sum up his teachings. “Love one another,” Jesus told them.
When I heard this, I wanted to ask Jesus, “But how do I do that?” Sure, I wanted to love and be loved. I wanted to never think mean thoughts, never be impatient, never be angry again. I knew my anger was chasing people away. But the people in my life were such idiots! How could I love them?
Since then, I’ve learned from Buddhism that the opposite of anger
