Anger plagues all of us on a personal, national, and international level. Yet, we see people, such as the Dalai Lama, who have faced circumstances far worse than many of us have faced - including exile, persecution, and the loss of many loved ones - but who do not burn with rage or seek revenge. How do they do it?
Working with Anger presents a variety of Buddhist methods for subduing and preventing anger, not by changing what is happening, but by framing it differently. No matter what our religion, learning to work with our anger is effective for everyone seeking personal happiness as well as world peace.

Working With Anger, Thubten Chodron, Snow Lion, Paperback, 169 pages, $14.95

Thubten Chodron, born Cheryl Greene, is an American Tibetan Buddhist nun, author, teacher, and the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey, the only Tibetan Buddhist training monastery for Western nuns and monks in the United States.[2] Chodron is a central figure in the reinstatement of the Bhikshuni (Tib. Gelongma) ordination of women. She is a student of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche, Lama Thubten Yeshe, Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, and other Tibetan masters. She has published many books on Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and is co-authoring with the Dalai Lama a multi-volume series of teachings on the Buddhist path, The Library of Wisdom and Compassion.

	Preface	7
1.	Mind, Emotion, and Anger	13
2.	The Disadvantages of Anger	21
3.	Patience: The Alternative	27
4.	Is Anger Ever Useful?	33
5.	Recognizing Our Anger and Its Causes	43
6.	Training in Patience	53
7.	Coping with Criticism	63
8.	The Blaming Game	73
9.	When Our Buttons Are Pushed	81
10.	Acceptance and Empowerment	87
11.	Meeting the Enemy	95
12.	Letting Go of Grudges and Resentment	105
13.	When Trust is Betrayed	111
14.	The Snake of Envy	119
15.	Anger at Ourselves	125
16.	Cultivating Love and Compassion	133
17.	Helping Others Subdue Their Anger	145
18.	Wisdom That Relaxes the Mind	151
	Appendix One: Conflict Styles	155
	Appendix Two: Techniques for Working with Anger in Brief	159
	Glossary	163
	Further Reading	167