why one should use oven mitts

"The Buddha compared getting angry
with picking up hot coals with bare hands

and trying to throw them at one's enemy. Who gets burnt first?

The one who's picking up the coals, of course - the one who is angry.

We may not even hit the target we are aiming at,

because if that person is clever and practiced enough, he'll duck -

and we shall still have burnt hands." - Ayya Khema