What Jimmy Nguyen has said about Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
1 quote · 1 episode · Apr 10, 2025
Jimmy Nguyen, Vietnamese-American former banker and registered nurse turned college counselor who spent about a year at a Buddhist monastery (first half of the conversation), has been quoted on Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames once in 1 episode of Ctrl-Alt-Reset, most recently on April 10, 2025. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Nguyen recounted that a partner threw Thich Nhat Hanh's book about anger at him during a fight, and that he read it instead of throwing it back.
“She picked up this book and she threw it at me and broke my glasses and it hit me so hard it broke my glasses right here”
Ctrl-Alt-Reset: Episode 3: From Chaos to Clarity: Jimmy’s Journey of Awakening (Apr 10, 2025) · Listen from 29:12
Episodes
Episode 3: From Chaos to Clarity: Jimmy’s Journey of AwakeningCtrl-Alt-Reset · Apr 10, 2025 · 2 h 15 min
Jimmy Nguyen tells host Matt how ADHD, childhood abuse, the rave scene and near-fatal pancreatitis led him to a year in a Buddhist monastery.
Jimmy Nguyen on other topics
- Ego and attachment · 6 quotes
- Mindfulness practice · 5 quotes
- Deer Park Monastery · 3 quotes
- Meditation · 2 quotes
- Composting · 1 quote
- Child abuse · 1 quote
- Pancreatitis · 1 quote
- Rave culture · 1 quote