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Title details for The Cow in the Parking Lot by Susan Edmiston - Available

The Cow in the Parking Lot

A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger

by Susan Edmiston
Leonard Scheff
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Imagine you're circling a crowded parking lot. Just as you spot a space, another driver races ahead and takes it. In a world of road rage, domestic violence, and professionally angry TV and radio commentators, your likely response is anger, even fury. Now imagine that instead of another driver, a cow has lumbered into that parking space and settled down. Your anger dissolves into bemusement. What has changed? Not just the occupant of the space but your perspective on the situation. We're a society swimming in anger, always about to snap. Using simple, understandable Buddhist principles, Scheff and Edmiston explain how to replace anger with happiness. They introduce the four kinds of demands that most commonly underlie anger (Important and Reasonable, Reasonable but Unimportant, Irrational, and Impossible), then show how to identify our real unmet demands, dissolve our anger, and change what happens when our buttons are pushed. We learn to laugh at ourselves, a powerful early step, and realize that others don't make us angry. Only we can make ourselves angry.

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    June 8, 2010

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      • ISBN: 9781615731152
      • File size: 138553 KB
      • Duration: 04:48:39

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The authors apply Western language and thinking to the Zen teaching that anger is not good for us. Without sounding like behavioral scientists, the authors explain how expectations fueled by good and not-so-good rationale can lead to anger, oppositional thinking, and destructive venting. They explain with familiar examples how this acting out gets in the way of inner happiness and separates us from other human beings. The prescriptions they offer for reducing anger are straightforward and practical yet retain the elegance of their spiritual roots. Narrator Bill Mendieta brings enormous talent to this recording. However, the emotional overtones and various accents he applies will be more effective when he is able to present them in a way that sounds more natural. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      October 15, 2010

      Many believe that anger protects us, gives us control of a situation, and offers us an edge. But Cow submits that anger is damaging--to our health, our relationships, and our society. Zen Buddhists Scheff and Edmiston talk openly about the dirty little emotion, suggesting effortless small starts and modest changes to help us overcome our conditioning and live without anger. Using Zen parables coupled with rational, straightforward advice and exercises, the authors bestow instruments for success. With first-rate narration by Bill Mendieta, Cow is not only a rational look at an irrational emotion but also a good introduction to Buddhist principles. Recommended for fans of Anh Huong Nguyen's Walking Meditation.--Terry Ann Lawler, Phoenix P.L.

      Copyright 2010 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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