{"product_id":"love-your-enemies-isbn-9781401975692","title":"Love Your Enemies","description":"\u003cb\u003eCoping with anger and pain is more challenging than ever in these times—and more necessary. Two acclaimed Buddhist teachers offer strategies and wisdom in a book that’s been called “possibly the most inspiring and liberating meditation on love ever written.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen people and circumstances upset us, how do we deal with them? Often, we feel victimized. We become hurt, angry, and defensive. We end up seeing others as enemies, and when things don’t go our way, we become enemies to ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what if we could move past this pain, anger, and defensiveness?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by Buddhist philosophy, this book introduces us to the four kinds of enemies we encounter in life: the outer enemy, people, institutions, and situations that mean to harm us; the inner enemy, anger, hatred, fear, and other destructive emotions; the secret enemy, self-obsession that isolates us from others; and the super-secret enemy, deep-seated self-loathing that prevents us from finding inner freedom and true happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this practical guide, we learn not only how to identify our enemies, but more important, how to transform our relationship to them. \u003ci\u003eLove Your Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e teaches us how to . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e· \u003c\/b\u003ebreak free from the mode of “us” versus “them” thinking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e· \u003c\/b\u003edevelop compassion, patience, and love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e· \u003c\/b\u003eaccept what is beyond our control\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e· \u003c\/b\u003eembrace lovingkindness, right speech, and other core concepts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 2013, \u003ci\u003eLove Your Enemies \u003c\/i\u003eis, more than ever, required reading for navigating our world. Throughout, authors Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman draw from ancient spiritual wisdom and modern psychology to help you find peace within yourself and with the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* Includes new prefaces from both authors *\u003c\/b\u003e\"If life is a struggle, this book is your friend. Its whispered truths, like the first inklings of the dawn, bring both relief and recognition. Return to it time and again; its good humor and wise counsel are a balm for the soul.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Mark Epstein, author of The Trauma of Everyday Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If there are two beings in the whole world whom I trust with my whole heart to give powerful, honest, kind, and deeply truthful teachings that can free us from burning in the mental anguish that is the ‘new normal’ in these anxious and fear-ridden times, it is Tenzin Bob Thurman and Sharon Salzberg. Having known both of them for many years, I can say that I am blessed that they are with me on this desert island called Earth.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Krishna Das, musician and author of Chants of a Lifetime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant! Love Your Enemies is possibly the most inspiring and liberating meditation on love ever written.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Robert Holden, Ph.D., author of Shift Happens! and Loveability\u003cb\u003eSharon Salzberg (Author)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSharon Salzberg is co-founder of the Insight  Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. She has been a student  of Buddhism since 1971, guiding meditation retreats worldwide since  1974.  Sharon's latest book is \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Meditation\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Kindness Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e (Sounds True, 2008), \u003ci\u003eThe Force of Kindness\u003c\/i\u003e (Sounds True, 2005),\u003ci\u003e Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience\u003c\/i\u003e (Riverhead, 2002) and \u003ci\u003eLovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness \u003c\/i\u003e(Shambhala, 2002). For more information about Sharon, please visit her website:   www.SharonSalzberg.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Thurman (Author)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Thurman is Professor of Indo-Tibetan  Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University,  President of Tibet House US, a non-profit organization dedicated to the  preservation and promotion of Tibetan civilization, and President of the  American Institute of Buddhist Studies. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e recently hailed him as \"the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism.\"","brand":"Hay House LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305001930981,"sku":"NP9781401975692","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781401975692.jpg?v=1767731917","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/love-your-enemies-isbn-9781401975692","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}