Anger : The Seven Deadly Sins

激昂的話語，酷酷的惡意，致命的仇恨，激怒的腎上腺素憤怒顯然是七宗罪中最具破壞性的罪行。它可以毀掉家庭，破壞人的健康，破壞心靈安寧，並在最壞的情況下導致謀殺，種族滅絕和戰爭。在憤怒中，羅伯特A.F. Thurman是暢銷書作家，也是美國佛教和東方哲學領域的權威人士之一，對這種最致命的罪惡提供了一個有啟發性的視角。瑟曼指出，在西方，憤怒被看作是生活中不可避免的一部分，是一種必須承擔而不是被克服的邪惡。

如果上帝能夠生氣，那麼人類怎樣才能擺脫這種破壞性的情緒呢？瑟曼表明，東方哲學看待憤怒的方式不同。當然，這是一種可怕的罪惡，是造成所有人類痛苦的“三毒”之一。但佛教教導說可以克服憤怒。事實上，憤怒的失敗不僅是可能的，而且也是唯一值得在一生中做的事情。瑟曼展示瞭如何認識憤怒的破壞性，了解它的運作方式，以及我們如何從一個奴隸變成一個憤怒的“耐心騎士”。我們終於發現，當這種最致命的情感被智慧轉化時，它可以成為把我們從人類痛苦中釋放出來的最強大的力量。

羅伯特·F·瑟曼憑藉久經考驗的佛教智慧，從單獨的憤怒個人奮鬥到由教條主義意識形態，宗教狂熱和種族偏見引發的全球危機。他在恐怖主義和戰爭時期提供了一個冷靜理解的道路

Heated words, cool malice, deadly feuds, the furious rush of adrenaline-anger is clearly the most destructive of the seven deadly sins. It can ruin families, wreck one's health, destroy peace of mind and, at its worst, lead to murder, genocide, and war. In Anger, Robert A.

F. Thurman, best-selling author and one of America's leading authorities on Buddhism and Eastern philosophy, offers an illuminating look at this deadliest of sins. In the West, Thurman points out, anger is seen as an inevitable part of life, an evil to be borne, not overcome.

There is the tradition of the wrathful God, of Jesus driving the money-changers from the temple. If God can be angry, how can men rid themselves of this destructive emotion? Thurman shows that Eastern philosophy sees anger differently. Certainly, it is a dreadful evil, one of the "three poisons" that underlie all human suffering.

But Buddhism teaches that anger can be overcome. Indeed, the defeat of anger is not only possible, but also the only thing worth doing in a lifetime. Thurman shows how to recognize the destructiveness of anger and understand its workings, and how we can go from being a slave to anger to becoming "a knight of patience." We discover finally that when this deadliest emotion is transmuted by wisdom, it can become the most powerful force in freeing us from human suffering.

Drawing on the time-tested wisdom of Buddhism, Robert A. F. Thurman ranges from the individual struggle with anger to global crises spurred by dogmatic ideologies, religious fanaticism, and racial prejudice.

  Robert A. F. Thurman (Autor)

Publisher:Oxford University Press  

ISBN:    978-0195169751 

 原價   US 17.95 台幣價 NT$:640