Today is the 29th of August, the year 2013, and we are in Blue Cliff Monastery on our fifth day of the retreat. And today we have a session of questions and answers. The children will have the time to ask a few questions. First, maybe three or four. And then the teenagers will ask their questions. And finally the young adults and adults.

We know that a good question can help many people. That is why we should ask the real question, the question of our heart. the question that has to do with our practice, our suffering, our happiness. There are a few already written down and from time to time you may read one of these questions. And the practice is that before we ask a question, we breathe in and out three times with the whole Sangha with the sound of the bell. Those of us who have a question, a real question, I invite you to come up here and sit around the table. Take turns to sit on that chair so that everyone can see him or her.

It's very beautiful from here. The Sangha is beautiful. So the children, if you have some questions, please come and sit up here and look down. Teenagers, young adults, adults. So dear Sangha, let us breathe with the sound of the bell before we ask the next question. "Breathing in, I know my Sangha is there. Breathing out, I smile to my Sangha."

[One sound of the bell.]

Why do people get so angry sometimes when they don't even mean to get angry? Very angry sometimes. Why do people get so angry and why do their hearts get so filled up with anger when they don't even mean to get that angry?

Dear Thầy, our friend is asking: why do people get so angry and their hearts so filled up with anger when it's not what they really mean to do?

That is a good question. There is a grain, a seed of anger in ourselves. And there is also a seed of love, compassion in ourselves.