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Embracing Anger - Riverside Church

Thich Nhat Hanh · September 25, 2001 · Riverside Church, New York, United States

This talk details breathing techniques to calm emotions and embrace life, mindfulness to transform anger, recognizing universal suffering, and practicing compassionate listening. Reflecting on Vietnam and interactions with American leaders, it emphasizes wisdom over anger and fostering reconciliation. Mindfulness in daily activities, mindful breathing, and acknowledging suffering are key. Buddhist psychology teaches nurturing seeds of wisdom and compassion to alleviate suffering. Deep listening fosters empathy and understanding in relationships and politics. Mindful consumption impacts emotions and collective health. Identifying wholesome desires leads to happiness. Transform anger through compassion, forgiveness, and mindfulness, embracing wisdom to heal oneself and others.

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Embracing Mindfulness in Everyday Life

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Breathing in, I calm my feelings. Breathing out, I smile. Breathing in, I know that I am alive. Breathing out, I smile to life in me and around me.

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My dear friends, I would like to tell you how I practice when I get angry. During the war in Vietnam, there was a lot of injustice and many thousands friends of mine, many disciples of mine were killed. I got very angry. One time I learned that the city of Bến Tre, 300 000 people, was bombarded by American aviation just because some guerrillas came to the city and tried to shoot down American aircraft.

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They did not succeed. And after that they went away. And the city was destroyed. And the military man who was responsible for that declared later that he had to destroy the city of Bến Tre, in order to save it. I was very angry.

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But at that time I was already a practitioner, solid practitioner. I did

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Universal Suffering and Its Roots

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Mindfulness and Transforming Suffering

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Deep Listening and Compassionate Communication

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Practicing Mindful Communication and Shared Suffering

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Restoring Communication for Peace

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The Roots of Violence and Compassionate Consumption

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Mindful Eating and Consumption

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Mindful Consumption Beyond Food

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Awakening Others through Mindfulness

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Nurturing Love and Avoiding Violence

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Finding Inner Peace and Compassion

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Sister Chân Không

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Symbols of Peace and Gratitude

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Monastic

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