Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective
by The Dalai Lama
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Author: The Dalai LamaEdition: Paperback
Published: 1997-03-25
ISBN: 1559390735
Number of pages: 156
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
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Book Review: Brilliant
Summary: 5 Stars
Shantideva's analysis of anger and methods to increase patience is brilliant and Dalai Lama's commentary on Shantideva is lucid. Whenever I am angry I try to remember the teachings of the book and I find that the anger just evaporates. Unlike the Bible which says that one must be patient, not be jealous, angry etc, this book gives many disadvantages to anger as well as the advantages of patience so that one doesn't just accept certain qualities as virtues or vice blindly. Instead one finds practical reasons to cultivate or discourage certain qualities in oneself. Being a book based on Buddhist principles, you will find reasons based on the theory of reincarnation too. One can either take into account these reasons or not, based on one's acceptance of karma. The most powerful tool for understanding and not being affected by negative emotons is the the theory of dependent origination which states that we and the people we interact with are all interdependent on each other and have a history of reacting to each other even over lifetimes. This gives me great solace and patience when I find it perplexing to understand why someone is being so negative towards me for I can then say that perhaps I behaved badly with them in another lifetiime. It is very liberating.
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The Dalai Lama teaches with clear and forceful language. These teachings form an essential spiritual discourse.--Publishers WeeklyGeneral Books
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