Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames Paperback – Deckle Edge, September 3, 2002

Could Save Your Relationship

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Chappy

July 10, 2017

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I have also read You Are Here which taught me about mindfulness. Hanh once more invites you to use mindfulness to heal failing relationships. He teaches in this book to let the other person know about your suffering. He teaches that the other person is never the main cause of your suffering. Hanh can be very repetitive in this book. It seems he is saying the same things over and over. Either way this book can help you save a relationship you once cherished and want to feel the same about once more. If you truly desire to mend your suffering, or even the suffering you may be causing your loved ones, read the book. Write the peace letter he speaks of or have the conversation with that loved one. Stay Zen.

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Embrace & care for anger - not wishing it be gone.

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Suz

November 27, 2017

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I embrace the concepts in this book. I am learning to take care of my anger and not wish it be gone. My anger tells me I'm suffering. Treat it like I would a friend. Self compassion a big theme. New concept to me and I'm doing my best to practice it. Beautiful book.

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This Book Has Transformed my Life for the Best!

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John Kuczmarski

January 21, 2018

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OMG This book has changed my life. I am still reading it, but it is superb. Thich Nhat Hanh's wisdom is amazing. He is my spiritual Guru and I love his writing. It aligns and centers me and helps me dissolve past disruptive chapters in my life all the while moving forward to a happy future and present. This book ROCKS. I am a buddhist-taoist whom loves learning about spirituality.

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Good Tools for Dealing with Anger

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Kindle Customer

May 11, 2015

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Good advise for dealing with anger without creating more chaos. Like the idea of limit response so not lashing out but taking time to understand what is going on inside - fear etc. that triggers the anger. Also like the tools for slowing down and coming back with compassion and hearing what is going on with other person.

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October 29, 2008

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It's an interesting read. He delves briefly into Buddhist-oriented practice, "eating healthy food and drinking milk from happy cows" comes to mind. Whether or not that resonates with you, or makes you want to throw the book away, the actual lessons in the book are really something good. It's a very easy to read, quick primer on a working method to ending problems with anger issues.

The lessons repeat throughout the book, and essentially boil down to the Buddhist idea of mindfulness; to pay attention to things, including yourself. If you're angry, stop what you're doing and figure out why. There is rarely anything more important than *stopping* when you find yourself angry. Practicing not being angry, over time, makes it much easier to not be angry, and so on.

As far as "easy to read", many self help books - heck, many books of many genres - seem to make the text more difficult, to make the author sound more important. This doesn't make that pretense, at all. It feels like an incredibly well written book report, written by the world's most enlightened fifth grader. It makes for an easy conversant tone, and a quick read, and a quick re-read.

For some people, the lessons and stories in the book might be very obvious. For others out here, it helps to read it once. If you've had problems with anger, if you have two to four hours to read through this, and trying to improve yourself is worth $10 to you, this book is certainly worth a shot.

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One of my favorite authors

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Bourgeois Photography

May 14, 2017

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A Vietnamese monk who has walked with Martin Luther King and has championed for rights of others does not disappoint in yet another one of his great writings. He is a huge spiritual leader in the Buddhist faith and is from the Plum Village Monastery in France. Reading his words will calm your soul. The way he writes is healing and to listen to him speak, also very healing. I was scheduled to go to a one week retreat with him in 2009 but he got the pneumonia and could not make the retreat. Needless to say I was quite saddened. I have read his books for years!
If you struggle with anger and calming yourself down. This book has some great information and advice for "cooling the flames." I have bought a second copy and I lend it out from my lending library. The adolescents that I have loaned ti to seem to like it alright and it has been passed to 3 of them so far. It is a quick read and Thich Nhat Hahn doesn't disappoint. Just as his others, I believe it to be a great book. Thay has written many many books. And honestly probably whatever book you get by him will probably be a great book.

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Give it time, re-think what you read.

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Bryan Caskey

May 11, 2018

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As I read this book I thought some parts worked for myself... then after some time has passed found myself using other parts of this book.

Would definitely recommend this book and for that matter others that this author has written have all been well written.

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It arrived as advertised. As an added bonus, the pages were parchment style which gave the book an added flair.

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Excellent read. I’d honestly recommended this book to any and everyone. Lots of insight, and I really like the approach of mindfulness.

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