Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
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- Synopsis
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The Nobel Peace Prize nominee and internationally bestselling author shares the tools and power for overcoming anger. "Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man, for he is humble and devout. He is a scholar of immense intellectual capacity.
His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity". Martin Luther King, Jr. , in nominating Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize It was under the bodhi tree in India twenty-five centuries ago that Buddha achieved the insight that three states of mind were the source of all our unhappiness: ignorance, obsessive desire, and anger. All are equally difficult, but in one instant of anger, lives can be ruined, and our spiritual development can be destroyed. Twenty-five hundred years after the Buddha's enlightenment, medical science tells us that the Buddha was right: anger can also ruin our health. It is one of the most powerful emotions and one of the most difficult to change. Thich Nhat Hanh offers a fresh perspective on taking care of our anger as we would take care of a crying baby-picking it up, talking quietly to it, probing for what is making the baby cry. Laced with stories and techniques, Anger offers a wise and loving look at transforming anger into peace and for bringing harmony and healing to all the areas and relationships in our lives that have been affected by anger.
- Copyright:
- 2001
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781101215708
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781573221870
- Publisher:
- Riverhead
- Date of Addition:
- 02/15/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.