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True Peace Work
Essential Writings on Engaged Buddhism
View this bookThich Nhat Hanh and many others are featured in this foundational trove of Buddhist essays, poems, and teachings. Now a modern classic, True Peace Work is the premier collection of...
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Peace Begins Here
Palestinians and Israelis Listening to Each Other
View this bookIn this Buddhist perspective on resolving conflict, global spiritual leader, poet, and peace activist Thích Nhất Hạnh demonstrates how a real peace process is based on spiritual, not political strength. Inspired...
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At Home in the World
Stories and Essential Teachings from a Monk’s Life
View this bookThe definitive entry point into Thich Nhat Hanh's life and message: the global peace icon shares personal stories, told with his signature simplicity and humor, that reveal his most essential teachings.
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Healing Resistance
A Radically Different Response to Harm
View this bookActivists and social change agents, restorative justice practitioners, faith leaders, and anybody engaged in social progress and shifting society will find this mindful approach to nonviolent action indispensable. Nonviolence was...
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Be Free Where You Are
View this bookFreedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. —Thích Nhất Hạnh Be Free Where You Are This compendium of the core teachings of Thích...
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In Love and Trust
Letters from a Zen Master
View this bookExperience Zen master Thích Nhất Hạnh’s expressions of love, connection, and wisdom through archival photos and personal letters—now published in English for the very first time.
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World as Lover, World as Self: 30th Anniversary Edition
Courage for Global Justice and Ecological Renewal
View this bookAn enduring classic of the environmental movement, Joanna Macy's poetic, groundbreaking call to action is poised to inspire a new generation. It's official: humanity is in crisis. Facing the magnitude...
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Good Citizens
Creating Enlightened Society
View this bookIn Good Citizens, Thich Nhat Hanh lays out the foundation for an international solidarity movement based on a shared sense of compassion, mindful consumption, and right action. Following these principles,...
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Leading with Love
Inspiration for Spiritual Activists
View this bookWhen the world is burning with anger, divisiveness, and fear, this book of inspiring quotes selected by the editors of Parallax Press is a still, small voice in the storm...
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How to Listen
View this bookListening with compassion can solve our most pressing issues—across global politics and interpersonal relationships and within our own hearts and minds.
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Love in Action
Writings on Nonviolent Social Change
View this bookBe inspired by 21 key writings on nonviolence and reconciliation by Vietnamese peace activist and refugee advocate Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh "The essence of nonviolence is love," Thích Nhất Hạnh says. "Out...
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The Idealist’s Survival Kit
75 Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout
View this bookThe Idealist's Survival Kit is a series of 75 short reflections on mindfulness in action designed to support humanitarian professionals and volunteers in addressing the specific themes and issues that they are likely...
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The World We Have
A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology
View this bookIn The World We Have noted Buddhist teacher Thích Nhất Hạnh offers a dramatic vision of the future of a planet overheated by rapidly disappearing fossil fuels, degraded by massive...
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Ocean of Insight
A Sailor's Voyage from Despair to Hope
View this bookHeather Lyn Mann was a battle-weary environmental advocate in Madison, Wisconsin, struggling over what to do about climate change when she and her husband decided to explore the Atlantic on...
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Keeping the Peace
Mindfulness and Public Service
View this bookKeeping the Peace speaks to all of us who work in difficult, people-oriented jobs and shows us how to turn environments that are often filled with anger, stress, and frustration...
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Pass it On
Five Stories That Can Change the World
View this bookEco-philosopher and best-selling author Joanna Macy, Ph.D., shares five stories from her more than thirty years of studying and practicing Buddhism and deep ecology. Gathered on her travels to India,...
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Seeds of Peace (2001 edition)
A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society
View this bookSeeds of Peace is a critique of modern society and a proposal for a more humane and livable world. Sulak Sivaraksa of Thailand is one of Asia’s leading social thinkers...
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Soil, Soul, Society
A New Trinity for Our Time
View this bookDiscover Satish Kumar's Vision for Sustainable Living and Global Unity
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Worlds in Harmony
Compassionate Action for a Better World
View this bookIn Worlds in Harmony, the Dalai Lama explores the nature of suffering and its release through compassionate action. The book focuses on the understanding that a deep awareness of our...
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I Am Home
Portraits of Immigrant Teenagers
View this bookIn I Am Home, you will meet the faces and voices behind the conversations around immigration. These portraits and stories of teenagers who are recent immigrants to the US from...
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In the Footsteps of Gandhi
Conversations with Spiritual Social Activists
View this bookIn the Footsteps of Gandhi is a collection of original and soul-searching interviews with contemporary spiritual social activists. Whether discussing AIDS, apartheid, or the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, they embody the understanding...
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Mindfulness in the Marketplace
Compassionate Responses to Consumerism
View this bookMindfulness in the Marketplace suggests a reorientation of consumers from passive purchasers to aware, responsible citizens who see the dynamic connection between their purchases and their values. The Middle Path...