Book description
'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.
Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese poet, bestselling author and peace
activist, has been a Buddhist monk for over 40 years. He was chairman of
the Vietnamese Buddhist Peace delegation during the Vietnam War and was
nominated by Dr Martin Luther King for the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1966 he
visited the US and Europe on a peace mission and was unable to return to
his native land. Today he heads Plum Village, a meditation community in
south-western France, where he teaches, writes, gardens and aids
refugees worldwide.
