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9780761158158

The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761158158

  • ISBN10:

    0761158154

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-06-24
  • Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

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Summary

Using simple Buddhist principles and applying them in a way that is easy for non-Buddhists to understand and put into practice, here is an interactive book that helps readers replace the anger in their lives with a newfound contentment. Take the journey of the Cow in the Parking Lot and discover a newer, calmer, happier you. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Susan Edmiston, a former editor at Redbook and Glamour, writes for New York, The New York Times Magazine and Book Review, Esquire, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Women's Day. She lives in Berkeley, California. 

Leonard Scheff, a successful trial lawyer in Tucson, Arizona, is also a practicing Buddhist who, for the last fifteen years, has conducted seminars on managing anger.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
A New Approach to Dealing with Angerp. 11
A First Look at Anger How does it Feel?p. 28
The Cause of Anger An Unmet Demandp. 39
The Cost of Anger Who Pays?p. 54
Anger and Awareness Who Me Angry?p. 70
Pride, Honor, and Other Buttons Our Sore Spotsp. 88
Giving and Receiving Shifting the Emotional Balancep. 102
The Mythology of Happiness Do we Really Know What's Good for Us?p. 116
Unshakeable Calm Dealing with the Anger of Othersp. 130
To Be or Not to Be Angry You have a Choicep. 149
Transforming Anger into Compassion Wielding the Flame of Furyp. 161
Coming to a Conclusion What Happens When we Give Up Anger?p. 185
Further Readingp. 195
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