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Anger: Buddhist Wisdom for Cooling the Flames (Unabridged)
 
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by Thich Nhat Hanh (Author), Ken McLeod (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 5 hours and 58 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Random House Audiobooks
  • Audible Release Date: 28 April 2011
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004YDKO28
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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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 Nobel Peace Prize nomination It was under the bodhi tree in India 2500 years 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 to control but, in one instant of anger, lives can be ruined, and our spiritual development can be destroyed. Twenty-five centuries after the Buddha's insight, 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 baby crying - 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 this difficult emotion into peace and for bringing harmony and healing to all the areas and relationships in our lives that have been affected by anger.

©2011 Thich Nhat Hanh; (P)2011 Random House AudioBooks
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102 of 103 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
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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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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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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54 of 55 people found the following review helpful
A wonderful book! 15 Oct 2004
Format:Paperback
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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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Quite simply it changed my life ..
Only a handful of books have touched me in some way. But this one, changed my life. It opened my heart/mind to a more tolerant, compassionate and peaceful way of thought / being... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Innes
Anger :Buddhist wisdom for cooling the flames
I found the book to be more a relationship self help guide as opposed to being a guide to dealing with anger I bought it having attended local Buddhist teachings and believed it... Read more
Published 10 months ago by smp
I wish I knew some things before
I read this book in order to come in touch with myself and emotion that has been with for a long time.
This book is thorough, simple to read, but could be more concise. Read more
Published on 9 April 2010 by Book monger
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
Published on 12 Oct 2009 by B. GREEN
Excellent book shameful delivery
While the book is excellent, I can only assume that the appalling Citylink were used to test me at a "before reading stage". Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2009 by Simon Paterson
A great help in a time of great need
This book's appeal and power lie as much in the way it is written as in its content. It is extremely thought-provoking, pragmatic and easy to read; I find that even reading a few... Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2009 by R. Wortham
truth flowing
You can't just say something and coin it as truth. But these words resonated deep within me just on reading it for the first time. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2009 by E. R. Lutzke
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 on 5 Sep 2008 by K. E. Barrett
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
Published on 6 July 2008 by shpadoinkle
unmindful of the reader
If you're angry and looking for help then this book is unlikely to bring you any immediate solace or practical guidance. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2008 by Frank Coles
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