#9. With Tissa

Venerable Tissa admonished others but got upset when he was admonished. The Buddha encourages him to let go of his anger.At Sāvatthī. Then Venerable Tissa—the Buddha’s cousin on his father’s side—went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. He was miserable and sad, with tears flowing. Then the Buddha said to him: “Tissa, why are you sitting there so miserable and sad, with tears flowing?” “Sir, it’s because the mendicants on all sides provoke me with barbed words. [Read More]