[Fegemiembendy]

In many Suttas very strong language, utilising terms like crushing, removing, eradicating is found in regards to dealing with
" defilements"/ unwholesome mental states.

hi

as Retrofuturist skilfully pointed out, an important role of mindfulness is to bring wisdom to a situation

mindfulness is not merely awareness

about terms like "crushing", etc, the Buddha only mentioned these as a last resort and/or to be used with other methods

for example, in MN 19, the Buddha-To-Be overcome angry thoughts by reflecting on their harmfulness and their lack of benefit & peacefulness to oneself & others

or in MN 20, the first method recommended is to replace an unskilful thought with a skilful thought, just as a carpenter pulls out & replaces a bent nail with a straight nail

or MN 20 also includes the method of slowing down & quieting the (angry) gross thoughts by substituting them with more subtle thoughts, just as one would substitute running with walking, walking with standing, standing with sitting, sitting with lying down, etc

so, the last method can also be used as a mode of inquiry which investigates anger

i mention this last method because, just as "crushing" or "just being aware" of anger may not be productive, classifying all anger as "harmful, unhealthy & unbeneficial" may also not be productive because the anger may simply be an unskilful way of reacting to a skilful motivation or hope

for example, if anger is arising because of another's unwholesome behaviour at work or because of the unwholesome behaviour of one's partner, then the anger has "just cause" but it is also indicative of a lack of skill in relation to dealing with problems

thus, often, those prone to anger may need to develop:

(1) more wisdom skills in identifying the exact nature of social problems; and

(2) better communication skills in relation to addressing social problems

regards

element