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Anger: Buddhist Wisdom for Cooling the Flames (Paperback)

by Thich Nhat Hanh (Author)
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  • Paperback: 227 pages
  • Publisher: Rider & Co (20 Sep 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0712611819
  • ISBN-13: 978-0712611817
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.4 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 29,501 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Under a bodhi tree in India 2500 years ago, 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 to control but, in one instant of anger lives can be ruined and our spiritual development can be destroyed. Now, in the 21st century, medical science tells us Buddha was right: anger can also ruin our health. This text offers a different perspective on taking care of our anger, by treating the anger as we would a crying baby - by picking it up and talking to it, trying to find out why the baby is crying. Filled with stories and techniques this book offers a wise and loving look at transforming anger into peace in order to bring harmony and healing to all areas of our lives affected by this difficult emotion.


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Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and internationally bestselling author shares the tools for overcoming anger --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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73 of 74 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Deceptively simple, but life-changing - an inspiring read, 14 Jul 2002
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Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk, writes with gentle compassion on how to care for the anger which is within all of us, and transform its negative energy into positive energy. His guidance on breathing, walking and acting 'mindfully', with stillness and concentration, is the most clear and helpful I've ever read.

And this book is not relevant to anger alone. I have long been unsuccessfully fighting the craving to overeat - and found that when I simply noticed the craving lovingly and non-judgmentally, it lost its hold over me.

For anyone who has wrestled unsuccessfully with anger and its consequences, I recommend this compassionate, practical book with all my heart.

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book!, 15 Oct 2004
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If anger flares up in you and you have no technique for dealing with it, other than punishing yourself and others, then this book is for you. Bhuddist psychology is not quackery or pseudo-science, it's practicle and applicable to everyday life. I have met the author, and he genuinely lives the life that he recommends to you - a life of love and compassion for yourself and others.
By the end of this book I saw the suffering that I have caused myself and loved ones through my anger, and the futility of holding onto it with righteous pride. Anger is suffering, there is no nobility in it, just pain, and this book teaches you not to combat anger with yet more hatred and self loathing, but to transform it with wisdom and compassion.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring and very important. Please read this book even if feel you don't need to., 6 Jan 2007
By Wordsworth (Edinburgh, UK) - See all my reviews
I am skeptical of most "self-help" books as I believe in most cases the author has an ulterior motive or that the book has been constructed on a flawed and potentially damaging basis (such as pure "positive thinking"). However, this is different.

On first opening "Anger..." I read half of it without being able to put it down. I didn't even buy the book for me, rather because I thought it might help a friend.

This book is not just about anger in terms of shouting or saying hurtful things. It encompasses so much more and may help you recognise hidden anger in yourself and others, and as importantly, help you take positive steps to address it.

Read past the first part about "consuming anger" and don't let it put you off. TNH gives advice in straightforward terms and it is clear that what he says is what he believes and what he lives.

This is not a quick-fix. You can put the principles into practice straight away but it will take months or more (well-spent) to really understand.

This book has excited me enough to take action. I hope it inspires you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Unpatronisingly excellent
Clear and well written observations that manage to maintain a spiritual edge wouthout resorting to the new-age mumbo jumbo that would make me angry! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great book on controling anger
Thich nhat hahn is agreat author who really speaks to your heart,I would recommend getting "The miracle of mindfullness" by Thich nhat hanh,to use with this book.
Published 14 months ago by K. E. Barrett

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and helpful
The techniques and philosophy described in this book are magical. Not only does it help you soothe your anger, it teaches you to embrace it, as you would a crying child. Read more
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