Introduction
Consuming Anger
Putting Out the Fire of Anger
The Language of True Love
Transformation
Compassionate Communication
Your Heart Sutra
No Enemies
David and Angelina: the Habit Energy of Anger
Embracing Anger With Mindfulness
Mindful Breathing
Restoring the Pure Land
Appendix A: Peace Treaty
Appendix B: The Five Mindfulness Trainings
Appendix C: Guided Meditations for Looking Deeply and
Releasing Anger
Appendix D: Deep Relaxation
Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese monk, a rare combination of mystic, scholar, and activist and one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West. Poet, Zen master, and chairman of the Vietnamese Buddhist Peace Delegation during the Vietnam War, he was nominated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., for the Nobel Peace Prize.
"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 of ecumenism, to world brotherhood,
to humanity." —Martin Luther King, Jr.
"He shows us the connection between personal, inner peace, and
peace on earth." —His Holiness The Dalai Lama
"Hanh doesn't limit his task to discussing anger between families
and friends; he also deals with anger between citizens and
governments. That expansive vision is not surprising (Hanh, after
all, is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee) but it is refreshing, lifting
this book out of the self-absorbed, self-help
pile." —Publishers Weekly"Reminding us that small spiritual
matters are really large spiritual matters, the author offers
wisdom and serenity to comfort readers as they work through anger
to a place of 'being peace.'" —Library Journal
In an age of road rage, Americans would do well to cool down with prolific Buddhist monk Hanh (Living Buddha, Living Christ). There is plenty in this small volume worth skipping, such as Hanh's tedious call for "Healing the Wounded Child Within." And some of his advice is banal (e.g., if a husband is angry at his wife, he should tell her). But some of Hanh's suggestions cut refreshingly against the grain. He dissents, for example, from the popular therapeutic wisdom to "express our anger": when we beat a pillow to get rid of our feelings, he insists we are merely "rehearsing" our anger, not "reducing" it. Hanh reminds us that anger begins and ends with ourselves we may feel that we are mad at our wife or son, but really we are the direct objects of our rage. Hanh doesn't limit his task to discussing anger between families and friends; he also deals with anger among countries and between citizens and governments. That expansive vision is not surprising (Hanh, after all, is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee) but it is refreshing, lifting this book out of the self-absorbed self-help pile. Like Hanh's other books, this is not weighed down with Buddhist terminology. The appendices, which contain meditations designed to help release anger, give it the specifically Buddhist spice that some readers will appreciate. The meat of the book, however, will be accessible to a broad, ecumenical audience. (Sept.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
"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 of ecumenism, to world brotherhood,
to humanity." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
"He shows us the connection between personal, inner peace, and
peace on earth." -His Holiness The Dalai Lama
"Hanh doesn't limit his task to discussing anger between families
and friends; he also deals with anger between citizens and
governments. That expansive vision is not surprising (Hanh, after
all, is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee) but it is refreshing, lifting
this book out of the self-absorbed, self-help pile." -Publishers
Weekly"Reminding us that small spiritual matters are really large
spiritual matters, the author offers wisdom and serenity to comfort
readers as they work through anger to a place of 'being peace.'"
-Library Journal
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