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Thich Nhat Hanh

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh is a global spiritual leader, poet, and peace activist, revered around the world for his pioneering teachings on mindfulness, global ethics, and peace. 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, Từ Hiếu, in Huế, Vietnam.

  • True Peace Work

    True Peace Work

    Essential Writings on Engaged Buddhism

    Thich 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

    Peace Begins Here

    Palestinians and Israelis Listening to Each Other

    In this highly anticipated Buddhist perspective on resolving conflict, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh demonstrates how a real peace process is based on spiritual,not political strength. Inspired by...

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  • At Home in the World

    At Home in the World

    Stories and Essential Teachings from a Monk’s Life

    The 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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  • No Mud, No Lotus

    No Mud, No Lotus

    The Art of Transforming Suffering

    The 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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  • A Handful of Quiet

    A Handful of Quiet

    Happiness in Four Pebbles

    A Handful of Quiet presents one of the best known and most innovative meditation practices developed by Thich Nhat Hanh as part of the Plum Village community's practice with children....

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  • How to Live When a Loved One Dies

    How to Live When a Loved One Dies

    Healing Meditations for Grief and Loss

    How 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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  • The Other Shore

    The Other Shore

    A New Translation of the Heart Sutra with Commentaries

    This new translation of the Buddha's most important, most studied teaching offers a radical new interpretation. In September, 2014 Thich Nhat Hanh completed a profound and beautiful new English translation...

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  • How to Fight

    How to Fight

    Learn how to relax the bonds of anger, attachment, and delusion through mindfulness and kindness toward ourselves and others.

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  • Interbeing

    Interbeing

    The 14 Mindfulness Trainings of Engaged Buddhism

    If you want to live life as an active agent for change: begin here. Originally formulated by Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh during the war in Vietnam, Interbeing is a...

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  • Love Letter to the Earth

    Love Letter to the Earth

    While many experts point to the enormous complexity in addressing issues ranging from the destruction of ecosystems to the loss of millions of species, Thich Nhat Hanh identifies one key...

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  • Happy Teachers Change the World

    Happy Teachers Change the World

    A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education

    Happy 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

    How to Love

    New 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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  • Awakening of the Heart

    Awakening of the Heart

    Essential Buddhist Sutras and Commentaries

    Awakening of the Heart is a comprehensive, single volume collection of the Buddha’s key sutras, translated with contemporary commentary by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. It is an essential complement...

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  • breathe journal

    Breathe Meditation Journal

    A Thich Nhat Hanh Meditation Journal

    A simple notebook with a Zen aesthetic. This meditative journal features selected excerpts and quotes from Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh's most-loved teachings, prayers, and poems. Designed with crush-proof rounded...

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  • Be Free Where You Are

    Be Free Where You Are

    Freedom 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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  • How to Relax

    How to Relax

    In 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,...

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  • How to Connect

    How to Connect

    We can restore our inherent connection to nature, each other, our ancestors, and ourselves, and remember our fundamental gift of belonging.  The eighth book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series,...

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  • Reconciliation

    Reconciliation

    Healing the Inner Child

    Based on Dharma talks by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and insights from participants in retreats for healing the inner child, this book is an exciting contribution to the growing...

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  • Old Path White Clouds

    Old Path White Clouds

    Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha

    Old 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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  • Being Peace

    Being Peace

    A timeless introduction to Thich Nhat Hanh's most important teachings, this spiritual classic reveals the connection between peace in oneself and peace in the world. Being Peace was one of...

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  • Happiness

    Happiness

    Essential Mindfulness Practices

    Thich 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 focus

    How To Focus

    The simple, refreshing meditations of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh give us the tools to cultivate concentration. Practicing mindfulness brings concentration, and concentration brings insight and understanding. With our world...

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  • Thich Nhat Hanh Calligraphy Note Cards

    Thich Nhat Hanh Calligraphy Note Cards

    Timeless set of 12 notecards featuring the amazing calligraphy of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

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  • Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire

    Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire

    This stunning commentary on the cultural and political background to the war and refugee crisis resonates deeply as the early work of Vietnamese writer, peace activist, and Buddhist monk Thich...

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  • Breathe, You Are Alive

    Breathe, You Are Alive

    The Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing

    According to the Buddha’s teaching in the Anapanasati Sutra, maintaining awareness of our breathing is a means of awakening to the true nature of all things and arriving at spiritual...

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  • The Sun My Heart

    The Sun My Heart

    The Companion to The Miracle of Mindfulness

    The sequel to the bestselling Miracle of Mindfulness. A "friend rather than a book," The Sun My Heart is a true spiritual classic with wisdom for any situation. One of...

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  • Call Me By My True Names

    Call Me By My True Names (New Edition)

    The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh

    The definitive poetry collection by the world renowned Zen master, peace activist, and author of The Miracle of Mindfulness.

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  • Understanding Our Mind

    Understanding Our Mind

    50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology

    A finalist for the 2001 Nautilus Award, Understanding Our Mind is Thich Nhat Hanh’s profound look at Buddhist psychology with insights into how these ancient teachings apply to the modern world....

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  • Stepping into Freedom

    Stepping into Freedom, Second Edition

    An Introduction to Buddhist Monastic Training

    Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's guide to daily life in the monastery with 99 practice poems, 10 novice precepts, and 41 “fine manners” offering the basic teachings of mindfulness for...

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  • Enjoying the Ultimate

    Enjoying the Ultimate

    The Nirvana Chapter of the Dharmapada

    For Buddhists seeking perfection, the Sanskrit word "nirvana" is held as the unreachable goal. But in this definitive, direct translation of the Chinese Dharmapada by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh,...

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  • The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion

    The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion

    The Diamond Sutra, a mainstay of the Mahayana tradition, has fascinated Buddhists for centuries because of its insights into dualism and illusion: the "diamond" can cut through any obstacle on...

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  • The Mindfulness Survival Kit

    The Mindfulness Survival Kit

    Five Essential Practices

    The 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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Articles in The Mindfulness Bell

The Way Ahead for Buddhism in Vietnam

The following proposal has been offered by Thich Nhat Hanh for bringing about reconciliation between the government of Vietnam and the Vietnamese Buddhists. 1. Protecting our Nation's Nature-Heritage (Preserving our Mother's Body): As…

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Thich Nhat Hanh January 15, 2020

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