From Buddhist monk Ryushun Kusanagi, the Japanese bestseller (300,000+ units) with a radically simple framework for a better life. A bad first date. An argument with a loved one. A job interview that doesn’t go your way. Our minds react to failures and frustrations with anger and anxiety, destroying our confidence and making us feel as if we’re not in control. But it’s not external events that cause us to lose our happiness – it’s our internal reactions to them. stop reacting unnecessarily . Kusanagi’s approach relies on the ancient Buddhist idea that one should seek to understand worries and respond to them logically, rather than try to eliminate or suppress them. In a few simple steps, you will learn how to: The roots of our negative reactions can always be traced back to our own desires and insecurities. Once we gain this self-awareness, we start to see life for what it is – and in that acceptance, there’s ultimate inner peace. <The Practice of Not Reacting< shows you the way.

Autorentext
Ryushun Kusanagi is a Buddhist monk and scholar. He has written several bestselling books on Buddhism and runs a Buddhist center in Tokyo.

Zusammenfassung
Hardship is part of life. Suffering is a choice.

In this concise book, Buddhist monk Ryushun Kusanagi presents a central teaching of the Buddha’s path: it is not what happens that disturbs the heart, but the desires, aversions, and judgments that arise in the mind. When we stop reacting, the mind settles and we find peace.

Drawing on Buddhist practice, Kusanagi shows how to release anger and anxiety, loosen the grip of “good” and “bad,” and allow each reaction to arise and pass, like waves in the ocean.

Loved by hundreds of thousands of readers across Japan, this life-changing book is now available in English for the first time. For anyone seeking the vital freedom that comes with the practice of non-reaction, this is your guide.