Anger Management: A Buddhist Perspective

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Padmasiri de Silva

Abstract


How could we forget those ancient myths that stand at
the beginning of all races-- the myths about the dragons that
are at the last moment transformed into a princess. Perhaps
all the dragons in our lives are only princesses waiting for us
to act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything
that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless
that wants our love.


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de Silva, P. (2009). Anger Management: A Buddhist Perspective. The Journal of International Association of Buddhist Universities (JIABU), 2(1), 121–134. Retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/Jiabu/article/view/204993
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Padmasiri de Silva, Monash University, Australia.

Dr. Padmasiri de Silva teaches at the Centre for Studies in Religion, School of Historical Studies,
Monash University, Australia. He has a B.A. Hons in. Philosophy from Ceylon University,
an M.A. and a Ph.D. in East-West Comparative Philosophy, from Hawaii University; Diploma &
Advanced Diploma in Buddhist Psychotherapy, Sophia College, Perth; Counsellor & Therapist,
Springvale Community Centre, 2004-2007; currently affiliate member CAPAV. He was Professor
& Head, Philosophy & Psychology Dept. The University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (1980-89); Visiting
Fulbright Professor, University of Pittsburgh and ISLE Program, USA; Senior Teaching Fellow,
NUS Singapore; Visiting Lecturer, University of Waikato, New Zealand.; Coordinator IRC
‘Environmental Education Program” in Singapore, and was nominated for the Greenleaf Award.
He won Best East-West Centre Student Award, Hawaii; UNESCO Grant for Environmental Ethics;
Asia Foundation Award for Research & Fulbright Award for Teaching. His publications include
An Introduction to Buddhist Psychology (4th edition, 2005); Buddhist & Freudian Psychology
(1992, NUS Press, Singapore); Buddhism, Ethics & Society (1992, Monash University); and
An Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Counselling, Sarvodaya Vishvalekha.

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