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Abstract

Many problems that people experience in this world come from anger in our minds and one of the few proven effective remedies for this difficulty is mindfulness practice. Anger is an unwholesome emotion that is associated with other negative emotions including irritation, lamentation, sorrow, stinginess, jealousy, and anxiety. The anger feelings can be coped with mindfulness of mind (cittanupassana) by understanding the mind with hatred or without hatred objectively. Since anger is opposed to loving-kindness and compassion, peacefulness and calmness, it can be reversed with these positive mental qualities. Loving-kindness and compassion-based mindfulness has become popular psychotherapy as it can cope with dosa which comes as a set- issa, macchariya and kukkucca, according to Abhidhamma. Therefore, this independent study project (ISP) is going to discuss anger based on Buddhist psychological (Abhidhamma) perspectives with its causes and consequences. Then I will describe how we use mindfulness, especially mindfulness on contemplation of the mind (cittanupassana) to overcome anger and the role of mindfulness-based loving-kindness in dealing with fear. Next, I will illustrate other techniques such as the practices of patience, relaxation, and forgiveness that we can apply to reduce anger and other negative emotions. The cultivation of relaxation, forgiveness, and patience will help our consciousness to become calm, still, and stable. Therefore, the suspension of negative emotions such as anger, fear, jealousy, stinginess, and anxiety is paralleled to the development of mental and physical helth. Postgraduate Diploma Shan State Buddhist University 2024

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Contents

Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Methodology
1.3 Research questions

Chapter Two: Nature of anger and mindfulness
2.1 What is anger?
2.1.1 Cause of anger
2.1.2 Consequences of anger
2.2 What is mindfulness

Chapter Three: Mindfulness-Based Anger Management (MBAM)
3.1 Dealing anger with Cittanupassana
3.2 Overcoming fear with loving-kindness
3.3 Working with anxiety through compassionate mind
3.4 Other ways for reducing anger
3.4.1 Developing patience
3.4.2 Relaxation practice
3.4.3 Forgiveness

Chapter Four: Conclusion

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