A Message from Thich Nhat Hanh November 2 , 1999 Plum Village, France Sharing a Practice Twelve years ago, at a retreat in Montreal, a lady told me after the first…
Thich Nhat Hanh
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
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How to Eat
View this bookHow to Eat clearly and succinctly explains how you can incorporate eating as a form of meditation. The book provides practical advice on how to become truly nourished through the mindful...
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How to See
View this bookLearn to look deeply at the nature of things, objects, emotions, and perceptions.
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How to Walk
View this bookHow to Walk is the fourth title in Parallax’s popular Mindfulness Essentials Series of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, introducing beginners and reminding seasoned practitioners of the...
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Work
How to Find Joy and Meaning in Each Hour of the Day
View this bookIn Thich Nhat Hanh’s latest teachings on applied Buddhism for both the work place and daily life, chapters include dealing with workplace scenarios; dealing with home and family; encounters with...
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The Bodhisattva Path
Commentary on the Vimalakirti and Ugrapariprccha Sutras
View this bookLearn about the bodhisattva ideal—the capacity to see the potential for awakening in everyone and aspire to help them along their path—with new commentaries on early Mahayana sutras from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, the monk Time magazine calls "the father of mindfulness."
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The Energy of Prayer
How to Deepen Your Spiritual Practice
View this bookIn The Energy of Prayer Thich Nhat Hanh looks at the applications and effectiveness of prayer in Buddhist and other spiritual traditions and closely examines the question of why we...
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Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
View this bookWe face a potent intersection of crises: ecological destruction, rising inequality, racial injustice, and the lasting impacts of a devastating pandemic. The situation is beyond urgent. To face these challenges,...
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Transformation and Healing
Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness
View this bookThe teachings contained in this The Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness are fundamental to the practice of meditation, and constitute the foundation of all mindfulness practice. The Sutra...
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A Pebble for Your Pocket
Mindful Stories for Children and Grown-ups
View this bookDrawn from Thich Nhat Hanh’s Dharma talks given to young people, A Pebble for Your Pocket presents the basic teachings of the Buddha in accessible and modern language. Combining the...
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Thich Nhat Hanh Zen Flowers Note Cards
View this bookElegant set of 12 notecards featuring the inspirational wisdom of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh accompanied by hand-painted florals.
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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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Planting Seeds
Practicing Mindfulness with Children
View this bookPlanting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children is the fruit of decades of development and innovation in the Plum Village community's collective practice with children. Based on Thich Nhat Hanh's thirty...
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Fragrant Palm Leaves
Journals 1962–1966
View this bookRegarded by many as Thich Nhat Hanh's most personally revealing and endearing book, these collected journals chronicle the first-hand experiences of the Zen Master as a young man in both...
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Our Appointment with Life
Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone
View this bookThis easily accessible translation and commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh on the Sutra on Knowing the Better Way To Live Alone, is the earliest teaching of the Buddha on living...
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Joyfully Together
The Art of Building a Harmonious Community
View this bookJoyfully Together contains a wealth of ideas, thoughts, and practical suggestions on how to live happily with other people. The wisdom in this book draws from ancient Buddhist traditions to...
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How to Sit
View this bookTo sit is to restore ourselves, to become fully present and fully alive in the here and now.—Thich Nhat Hanh How to Sit provides simple directions on the mechanics of posture...
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Thich Nhat Hanh Classics Bundle
View this bookIntroducing the all-new Thich Nhat Hanh Hardcover Classics. These are the absolute essential and beloved books from one of the most revered and influential spiritual teachers in the world today....
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How to Live
My Essential Mindfulness Journal
View this bookA companion to the bestselling How To (Mindfulness Essentials) books from Thich Nhat Hanh, this guided journal contains quotes to contemplate for your own mindfulness practice. Lined pages for writing are interspersed with quotes and the beautiful sumi-ink illustrations of Jason DeAntonis.
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Clouds in a Teacup
A Mindful Journey and Coloring Book
View this bookAs soon as you open the cover of Clouds in a Teacup, you step into a contemplative journey of your own creation. Oakland, California artist and activist Brett Cook invites...
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Making Space
Creating a Home Meditation Practice
View this bookFind peace and calm amid the busyness of your life with this new book by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Designed to be both inspiration and guidebook for those new...
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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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Touching the Earth
Guided Meditations for Mindfulness Practice
View this bookThough the original edition of Touching the Earth is deeply embraced by those already practicing mindfulness in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, the revised edition seeks to make the...
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Inside the Now
Meditations on Time
View this bookThis beautifully designed book will be cherished for generations. Written in the summer of 2013, Inside the Now contains the most recent, never before published commentaries and reflections of Thich Nhat Hanh...
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Peace of Mind
Becoming Fully Present
View this bookWe can’t heal with our minds alone. Thinking can be something productive and creative, but without integrating body and mind, much of our thinking is useless and unproductive. In Peace...
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Moments of Mindfulness
Daily Inspiration
View this bookThis beautifully designed gift book contains many of the best-loved inspirational quotations and passages from Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. Basic meditation instructions and messages of peace, love, insight, understanding,...
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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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Peaceful Action, Open Heart
Lessons from the Lotus Sutra
View this bookPeaceful Action, Open Heart shines 60 years of study and practice upon one of the crowning scriptures of the path of the Buddha, and is destined to be known as one...
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Zen Battles
Modern Commentary on the Teachings of Master Linji
View this bookOne of the key tenets of the Zen school of Mahayana Buddhism is that each one of us is already a Buddha—our enlightenment is inherent within us, and the practice...
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Buddha Mind, Buddha Body
Walking Toward Enlightenment
View this bookThich Nhat Hanh explores the connection between psychology, neuroscience, and meditation. He discuss the importance of creativity and visualization in a successful meditation practice, presents basic Buddhist practices (in particular...
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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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Together We Are One
Honoring Our Diversity, Celebrating Our Connection
View this bookBased on four retreats that Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh led specifically for people of color, this book is for people of all colors, backgrounds, and experiences who have ever...
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The Admonitions and Encouraging Words of Master Guishan
Text and Commentary
View this bookThich Nhat Hanh's translation and commentary for a Buddhist text that has been long considered one of the three key books for monastic meditation practitioners For monks, nuns, or laypeople,...
Articles in The Mindfulness Bell
The Six Points Suggested by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh on the Openness of the Vietnamese Communist Party
By Thich Nhat Hanh
The Vietnamese Communist feels at ease with the cultural traditions of Vietnam and is determined to live in such a way as to make it more beautiful day by day.The…
Poem: Please Call Me By My True Names
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Don’t say that I will depart tomorrow—even today I am still arriving. Look deeply: every second I am arrivingto be a bud on a Spring branch,to be a tiny bird,…
Poem: A Teacher Looking for His Disciple
By Thich Nhat Hanh
I have been looking for you, my child, Since the time when rivers and mountains still lay in obscurity. I was looking for you When you were still in a…
The Way Ahead for Buddhism in Vietnam
By Thich Nhat Hanh
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…
Poem composed by Thich Nhat Hanh
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Alfred Hassler, one of the primary supporters of Thich Nhat Hanh in the American peace movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s, passed away in June. Thay and Sister Phuong…
