Lama Yeshe teaches on Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend and the importance of developing patience in situations where strong emotions arise.

In this excerpt from the 39th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses ignorance, the root of samsara.

In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that we live our entire life grasping at the real I, but in Buddhism we learn that the way the self appears is a total hallucination.

The real enemy is ignorance, the self-cherishing thought, so there’s no reason to get angry with external conditions

The I appears to exist from its own side, but it is merely imputed by the mind

Self-grasping ignorance believes the I to be concrete and inherently existent

In order to control anger, we must reflect well on its shortcomings

The I appears to exist, but it can't be found anywhere on the aggregates

The real hero is the person who fights anger and defeats the inner enemy, the delusions.

Teachings given at Tara Institute, Australia on June 2, 2006.

Geshe Ngawang Dargyey gave this teaching on the nature of the self at Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre, Delhi, in 1980.

How to deal with anger—one's own anger and the anger of others directed at oneself.

Investigating the nature of the self or I, which exists in mere name on a collection of parts.