Our deeply-ingrained mental habits help feed a profound sense of dissatisfaction. That's what Buddha calls suffering, or samsara. This emotional hunger, or craving, we call attachment. When attachment doesn't get what it wants, then we experience anger. If we break down the karmic steps in the situation, we can see how our mental precursors can be reversed.

This is part of a series of talks given at the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 5-7, 2019.