ings worse when you flare up at someone whoâs angry. Whoever doesnât flare up at someone whoâs angry wins a battle hard to win. You live for the good of both —your own, the otherâs— when, knowing the otherâs provoked, you mindfully grow calm. When you work the cure of both —your own, the otherâs— those who think you a fool know nothing of Dhamma. If anger arises, reflect on the saw simile.1 If craving for savor, remember the sonâs-flesh simile.2 If your mind runs loose after sensual pleasures & states of becoming, quickly restrain it with mindfulness as you would a bad ox eating grain.3 Notes 1. See MN 21 and MN 28. 2. See SN 12:63. 3. See MN 19. See also: SN 7:2; SN 11:5 - --> - - - -