book review: anger: wisdom for cooling the flames by thich nhat hanh

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh

What are the main ideas?

[note: i only pulled out lessons from the first 4 chapters of the book because i ran out of time writing this review. if i find more time later, i will write out lessons from chp 5-10. but i wanted to post this rather than wait and maybe never post it at all.]

If I implemented one idea from this book right now, which one would it be?

tend to my anger first. sit with it mindfully and let it teach me. then chose which action(s) to take to move towards right relationship.

How would I describe the book to a friend?

i love this book. each chapter is anchored on a theme but inside each chapter are short essays that seem to standalone as much as they relate to each other. this was my toilet reading for many, many months and i really enjoyed reading each little essay and letting it sink in before moving to the next. thich’s (and maybe zen buddhism’s) approach to tending to anger is so different than what i grew up learning. this book was a simple, beautiful, full-of-metaphors way to learn a different way of being with anger.


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