Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames

Author: Hanh, Thich NhatBrand: Riverhead BooksColor: WhiteFeatures: Used Book in Good ConditionBinding: PaperbackFormat: Deckle EdgeNumber Of Pages: 240Release Date: 03-09-2002Part Number: 9781573229371Details: "[Thich Nhat Hanh] shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth." –His Holiness The Dalai Lama Nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize, Thich Nhat Hanh is one of today’s leading sources of wisdom, peace, compassion and comfort. 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: wrong knowing, obsessive desire, and anger. All are difficult, but in one instant of anger—one of the most powerful emotions—lives can be ruined, and health and spiritual development can be destroyed. With exquisite simplicity, Buddhist monk and Vietnam refugee Thich Nhat Hanh gives tools and advice for transforming relationships, focusing energ