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

Lama Yeshe advises students to avoid extremes and abide in meditation with intensive awareness in this excerpt from a commentary on the yoga method of Gyalwa Gyatso given in Italy, September 1983.

In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises students to make the retreat most beneficial by striving to subdue the mind.

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

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

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

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