ATTACHMENT AND ANGER - The Dalai Lama and Thubten Chordron

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Emotions such as attachment and anger are rooted in ignorance.  The stronger our grasping an independent I is, the stronger our attachment is to the concerns of this self.  We cling to whatever appears important to our self and are hostile toward whatever impedes fulfilling the self's interests.  For example, we see a beautiful item in a shop.  While it is in the shop, we want to posses it.  After we buy it and label it "mine", we become attached to it.  Although the article remains the same, our emotional reaction to it changes by labeling it "mine."  Behind the label "mine" is the belief in a self whose enjoyment is important.  If someone breaks the object, we become angry.  Refuting the I as having independent reality eliminates our attachment and anger. 

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BUDDHISM - ONE TEACHER, MANY TRADITIONS 

The Dalai Lama and Thubten Chordron