Parallax Press is a nonprofit publisher founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. We publish books and media on the art of mindful living and Engaged Buddhism. We are committed to offering teachings that help transform suffering and injustice. Our aspiration is to contribute to collective insight and awakening, bringing about a more joyful, healthy, and compassionate society.
Latest Releases
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Thich Nhat Hanh 2024 Wall Calendar
Illustrations by Marisol Ortega
View this bookZen master Thich Nhat Hanh was a spiritual leader, poet, and peace activist revered around the world for his pioneering ideas on mindfulness, ethics, and peace. This calendar features wisdom…
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Unshakeable
Trauma-Informed Mindfulness and Collective Awakening
View this bookUnshakeable offers a holistic system for gaining and maintaining the stability of mind needed for personal and social transformation, even in the midst of trauma—with simple, body-based exercises.
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Thich Nhat Hanh 2024 Weekly Planner
Illustrations by Marisol Ortega
View this bookIn this small 5×7 planner, quotes from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh are paired with tranquil contemporary art by Marisol Ortega. Her illustrations play with texture, linework, bold color palettes,…
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Peace Is This Moment
Mindful Reflections for Daily Practice
View this book365 page-a-day reflections to encourage concentration, insight, and mindful engagement with the world around us—from the Zen Buddhist teacher “who taught the world mindfulness” (TIME). This deep and simple volume…
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Tears Become Rain
Stories of Transformation and Healing Inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh
View this book32 mindfulness practitioners around the world reflect on encountering the extraordinary teachings of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, who passed away in January 2022, exploring themes of coming home to…
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Cracking the Walnut
Understanding the Dialectics of Nagarjuna
View this bookZen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s commentary on Nagarjuna’s Treatise on the Middle Way, one of the most famous Buddhist texts in existence Nagarjuna is a giant in the Buddhist canon,…
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Mop Rides the Waves of Courage
A Mop Rides Story (Emotional Regulation for Kids)
View this bookThe third in the Mop Rides series! Surfer Mop is back, this time with a case of the jitters that his dad and friends help him tackle. Mop, his friends,…
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Chanting from the Heart Vol 1
Sutras and Chants for Recitation from the Plum Village Community
View this bookChanting from the Heart Vol. 1: The first volume in the revised edition of Chanting from the Heart, by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and the monks and nuns of…
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Chanting from the Heart Vol 2
Ceremonies and Practices from the Plum Village Community
View this bookChanting from the Heart Vol. 2: The second volume in the revised edition of Chanting from the Heart, by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and the monks and nuns of…
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Radical Love
From Separation to Connection with the Earth, Each Other, and Ourselves
View this bookTo see peace in our lifetimes, we have to practice love. This is the radical message of this inspirational book of pithy advice from environmental activist Satish Kumar, which helps…
Best Sellers
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No Mud, No Lotus
The Art of Transforming Suffering
View this bookThe secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. In No Mud, No Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices and inspiration transforming suffering…
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The Mindfulness Survival Kit
Five Essential Practices
View this bookThe Five Mindfulness Trainings (also referred to as “Precepts”)—not to kill, steal, commit adultery, lie, or take intoxicants—are the basic statement of ethics and morality in Buddhism. In The Mindfulness…
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Old Path White Clouds
Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha
View this bookOld Path White Clouds presents the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha. Drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources, and retold by Thich Nhat Hanh in his inimitably…
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Happy Teachers Change the World
A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education
View this bookHappy Teachers Change the World is the first official, authoritative guide to the Thich Nhat Hanh/Plum Village approach to mindfulness in education. Spanning the whole range of schools and grade levels,…
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How to Love
View this bookNew York Times Relationships & Religion Bestseller Featured by Maria Popova on Brainpickings How to Love is the third title in Parallax’s Mindfulness Essentials Series of how-to titles by Zen Master…
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Happiness
Essential Mindfulness Practices
View this bookThich Nhat Hanh’s central teaching is that, through mindfulness, we can learn to live in the present moment instead of in the past and in the future. It’s only way…
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How to Relax
View this bookIn How to Relax, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shares inspiration and clear, simple directions for exploring mindfulness meditation. With sections on healing, relief from nonstop thinking, transforming unpleasant sounds, solitude,…
Dealing with Difficulty
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Healing Our Way Home
Available February 13, 2024.Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors, Joy, and Liberation
View this book“This powerful trinity of Black authors invites us into the living room of their hearts, affirming who we are with earthy straight talk, textured diversity, and wise tenderness.”—Ruth King Real…
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Unshakeable
Trauma-Informed Mindfulness and Collective Awakening
View this bookUnshakeable offers a holistic system for gaining and maintaining the stability of mind needed for personal and social transformation, even in the midst of trauma—with simple, body-based exercises.
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Where Did Poppy Go?
A Story about Loss, Grief, and Renewal
View this bookAfter a grandfather dies, a father and son journey forward through seasons and time, discovering how our loved ones remain with us even after they pass on.
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We Were Made for These Times
Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption
View this bookWe all go through times when it feels like the ground is being pulled out from under us. What we relied on as steady and solid may change or even…
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How to Live When a Loved One Dies
Healing Meditations for Grief and Loss
View this bookHow to Live When a Loved One Dies offers relief to anyone moving though intense grief and loss. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shares accessible, comforting words of wisdom on…
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This Difficult Thing of Being Human
The Art of Self-Compassion
View this bookWe all long for someone to offer us unconditional love and support. But what if that person is us? The practice of mindful self-compassion creates the space we need so…
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The Nest in the Stream
Lessons from Nature on Being with Pain
View this bookA concise and inspirational book for anyone dealing with pain by a long time palliative care doctor who is greatly inspired by Native American wisdom and the natural world. This…
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Holding Space
On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go
View this bookA look at the spiritual, emotional, and philosophical implications of end-of-life care by an elegant and literary writer who is a hospital chaplain.
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No Mud, No Lotus
The Art of Transforming Suffering
View this bookThe secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. In No Mud, No Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices and inspiration transforming suffering…
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Beginning Anew
Four Steps to Restoring Communication
View this bookIn Beginning Anew, Sister Chân Không shares a concrete, four-part process that can help anyone clear up misunderstandings, communicate more honestly and openly with the people around them, and heal…
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Mindfulness as Medicine
A Story of Healing Body and Spirit
View this bookBefore she became a Buddhist nun in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Dang Nghiem was a doctor. She’d traveled far in her 43 years. Born during the Tet…
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Unfinished Conversation
Healing from Suicide and Loss
View this bookUnfinished Conversation is a story of profound grief and the journey to healing that followed. Based on a journal Robert Lesoine kept during the two years following the suicide of his…
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Healing
A Woman’s Journey from Doctor to Nun
View this bookHealing is an extraordinary story that takes the reader from the rice fields of Vietnam to the peaceful surrounding of Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastery in Plum Village where Sister Dang…
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Calming the Fearful Mind
A Zen Response to Terrorism
View this bookIn a time of terrorism and uncertainty, how can any of us feel truly safe? Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh looks at the real roots of terrorism and fear and…
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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. – Thich Nhat Hanh Be Free Where You Are This compendium of the core teachings of…
Founding Author
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Authors
“If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear.”
Joanna Macy
“I am a class of color created by a colonial mind missing its own self-worth. But the dance of my ancestors in my bones has kept me awake and kept me alive.”
Dr. Larry Ward
“Healing is always possible, especially when we have a spiritual practice to take care of our body and mind. In fact, to be aware that you have a body and to learn to listen to it is already healing. The healer, the healed, and the healing process are in each other, they are each other— they interare.”
Sister Dang Nghiem
“In our lifetime there is only one person we must encounter, one person we must meet as though we were passionately in love. That person is the essential Self, the true Self.”
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
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Mindful Holiday Gifts
Through November 27th, enjoy 40% off all Parallax Press items at parallax.org!
Resources for Peace
In response to the current situation in the Middle East, Plum Village monastics share an open letter, a guided meditation, and a letter to the President of the United States.
Book Launch Celebration!
Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the book launch of Tears Become Rain: Stories of Transformation and Healing Inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh on October 10th, 2023.
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Fueled by Generosity
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