True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart

Thich Nhat Hanh

In True Love, Thich Nhat Hanh offers us a Buddhist view of love along with techniques for manifesting it in our daily lives. In his characteristically direct, simple, and sweet style, he explores the four key aspects of love as described in the Buddhist tradition: lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and freedom. Thich Nhat Hanh explains that in order to love in a real way, we need to learn how to be fully present in our lives. He offers the technique of conscious breathing as a way of synchronizing the mind and the body and establishing the conditions for love. He goes on to offer a mantra practice for cultivating real love that consists of expressing four key statements or intentions in our relationships. In the concluding section of the book, Thich Nhat Hanh explains how we can bring love to bear on our own pain, fear, and negativity. He explains that we must not regard these things as bad and repress them. By recognizing them as part of us and allowing them into our consciousness, where they can be cared for by the loving mother of mindfulness.

From Shambhala Publications

96 pages, 4 5/8 X 6 3/4 . Gift-sized hardcover.

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