Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781623174095)

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In the face of systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence, how can we metabolize our anger into a force for liberation?

White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied, often as a means of survival, a literal matter of life and death. In Love and Rage, Lama Rod Owens, coauthor of Radical Dharma, shows how this unmetabolized anger--and the grief, hurt, and transhistorical trauma beneath it--needs to be explored, respected, and fully embodied to heal from heartbreak and walk the path of liberation. This is not a book about bypassing anger to focus on happiness, or a road map for using spirituality to transform the nature of rage into something else. Instead, it is one that offers a potent vision of anger that acknowledges and honors its power as a vehicle for radical social change and enduring spiritual transformation.

Love and Rage weaves the inimitable wisdom and lived experience of Lama Rod Owens with Buddhist philosophy, practical meditation exercises, mindfulness, tantra, pranayama, ancestor practices, energy work, and classical yoga. The result is a book that serves as both a balm and a blueprint for those seeking justice who can feel overwhelmed with anger--and yet who refuse to relent. It is a necessary text for these times.

Author: Lama Rod Owens
ISBN-10: 1623174090
ISBN-13: 9781623174095
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2020
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/11/2020
Library Journal 06/01/2020 pg. 90