Ch. 6 (The Perfection of Patience):
I am not angered at bile and the like even though they cause great suffering. Why be angry at sentient beings, who are also provoked to anger by conditions? Just as sharp pain arises although one does not desire it, so anger forcibly arises although one does not desire it. A person does not intentionally become angry, thinking, "I shall get angry," nor does anger originate, thinking, "I shall arise."All offenses and vices of various kinds arise under the influence of conditions, and they do not arise independently. An assemblage of conditions does not have the intention, "I shall produce," nor does that which is produced have the intention, "I shall be produced."
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