Five Essential Practices
Thich Nhat Hanh was a world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist. Born in Vietnam in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than 100 books, which have sold more than four million copies in the United States alone. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace, his teachings on Buddhism as a path to social and political transformation are responsible for bringing the mindfulness movement to Western culture. He established the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in France, now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the heart of a growing community of mindfulness practice centers around the world. He passed away in 2022 at the age of 95 at his root temple, Tu Hieu, in Hue, Vietnam.
Reviews for the previous edition:
Nhat Hanh s meditations illuminate the connection between
spirituality and social action and point us to the value of
mindfulness in everyday life. "Publishers Weekly"
A beautiful, wise, sensitive book for Buddhists and those open to
learning from other traditions. Highly recommended. "Library
Journal"
Thich Nhat Han s deep understanding of the precepts [trainings] and
his actual contact with today s suffering make these reworkings
profound. "Turning Wheel"
The insightful and penetrating commentaries on the precepts, by one
of the wisest and most compassionate spiritual guides of our times,
offer challenging responses to the most difficult moral dilemmas we
face. "Fellowship in Prayer"
QUOTE
Violence, racial injustice, alcoholism, sexual abuse, environmental
exploitation, and so many other problems compel us to find ways to
stop the suffering that is rampant in ourselves and in society. To
realize peace in our daily lives, we need some guidelines. 2,500
years ago, the Buddha offered Five Wonderful Precepts as a practice
to help us live a peaceful and wholesome life.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Endorsements
The teaching of the Buddha is said to be vast and profound . I
firmly believe that it has the power to transform our society, but
only if more and more men and women come to embody it in their
lives, living in mindfulness and acting with compassion both toward
themselves and toward others. The great and gentle strength of
Thich Nhat Hanh s teaching is to show us that a vision of a world
in peace is not only possible, but that it begins here, begins now,
with each one of us looking deeply within, and honoring limitless
potential. We can change the world by how we live, and nothing less
than the survival of our species on Earth may be at stake. As human
beings, to live in wisdom, and to love in compassion, is not only
our responsibility, but our birthright.
Sogyal Rinpoche author of "The Tibetan Book of Living and
Dying"
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Reviews for the previous edition:
"Nhat Hanh's meditations illuminate the connection between
spirituality and social action and point us to the value of
mindfulness in everyday life."--"Publishers Weekly"
"A beautiful, wise, sensitive book for Buddhists and those open to
learning from other traditions. Highly recommended."--"Library
Journal"
"Thich Nhat Han's deep understanding of the precepts [trainings]
and his actual contact with today's suffering make these reworkings
profound." --"Turning Wheel"
"The insightful and penetrating commentaries on the precepts, by
one of the wisest and most compassionate spiritual guides of our
times, offer challenging responses to the most difficult moral
dilemmas we face." --"Fellowship in Prayer"
QUOTE
"Violence, racial injustice, alcoholism, sexual abuse,
environmental exploitation, and so many other problems compel us to
find ways to stop the suffering that is rampant in ourselves and in
society. To realize peace in our daily lives, we need some
guidelines. 2,500 years ago, the Buddha offered Five Wonderful
Precepts as a practice to help us live a peaceful and wholesome
life."
--Thich Nhat Hanh
Endorsements
"The teaching of the Buddha is said to be 'vast and profound'. I
firmly believe that it has the power to transform our society, but
only if more and more men and women come to embody it in their
lives, living in mindfulness and acting with compassion both toward
themselves and toward others. The great and gentle strength of
Thich Nhat Hanh's teaching is to show us that a vision of a world
in peace is not only possible, but that it begins here, begins now,
with each one of us looking deeply within, and honoring limitless
potential. We can change the world by how we live, and nothing less
than the survival of our species on Earth may be at stake. As human
beings, to live in wisdom, and to love in compassion, is not only
our responsibility, but our birthright."
Sogyal Rinpoche - author of "The Tibetan Book of Living and
Dying"
"Nhat Hanh's meditations illuminate the connection between
spirituality and social action and point us to the value of
mindfulness in everyday life." -- "Publishers Weekly"
"A beautiful, wise, sensitive book for Buddhists and those open to
learning from other traditions. Highly recommended." -- "Library
Journal"
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