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Loading... Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames (edition 2002)by Thich Nhat Hanh
Work detailsAnger by Thich Nhat Hanh
None.  biunicorn | Mar 16, 2012 |  I was full of anger at my family growing up. I was abused about every way a being can be abused so being angry was natural, however as I got older this anger was hurting me but hard to let go. Thich Nhat Hanh is great at explaining how to dissolve our anger--to let it go and be a force of love instead. As for myself, I could be right and be miserable or I could be love and be happy. I chose the love. One caveat: co-dependent people will have to tread carefully here and not let this philosophy be an excuse to not take care of themselves. (  )2  liberality | Aug 6, 2009 | An excellent Buddhist perspective on anger, accessible to Westerners and Christians. (  )1 neontapir | Oct 6, 2007 | This book helped me look within, it helped me look at all the things in my past and help me let it go. Anyone who suffers from anger, should read this book and practice the methods. Especially when anger has such a detrimental health effects on your body. Don't be a slave to anger, buy this book. 2 simplysupple | Feb 5, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0712611819, Paperback)Anger can be one of the most frustrating emotions, carrying us headlong away from ourselves and depositing us into separation and dismay. Vietnamese monk and world teacher Thich Nhat Hanh tackles this most difficult of emotions in Anger. A master at putting complex ideas into simple, colorful packages, Nhat Hanh tells us that, fundamentally, to be angry is to suffer, and that it is our responsibility to alleviate our own suffering. The way to do this is not to fight our emotions or to "let it all out" but to transform ourselves through mindfulness. Emphasizing our basic interdependence, he teaches us how to help others through deep listening and how to water the positive seeds in those around us while starving the negative seeds. Serious though lighthearted, Anger is a handbook not only for transforming anger but for living each moment beautifully. --Brian Bruya(retrieved from Amazon Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:11:29 -0400) Draws on the principles of Buddhism to discuss the potentially devastating impact of anger on human health and offers a variety of stories, techniques, and tools designed to help transform anger into peace and bring harmony and healing into one's life.… (more) (summary from another edition) |
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Buddhist Wisdom For Cooling the Flames
by Thich Nhat Hanh
I have read this author's work before, and as I connected to his words of peace and understanding I felt a calmness and happiness deep down to my bones. Don't let the 227 pages fool ya, this ambassador of love and light is anything but long and boring. The format is simple and broken down into easy to digest concepts that gave my whirling mind something to focus on and ponder.
Thich talks about anger as a destructive emotion that can be very deep seeded and a major destroyer of peace and joy in our lives and the lives of others. Breath and the art of breathing plays a large part in the quieting of the mind and releasing of the anger energies within the body. As a healer and intuitive I am very familiar with what anger energy looks like and it's negative effects. I would recommend this book to anyone who has issues with anger on any level and is seeking ways of not letting it control their lives. This precious book has found it's way to my spiritual toolbox.
Love & Light,
Riki Frahmann (