These notes were taken by Therese Fitzgerald at a gathering in Virginia, following an ordination ceremony for eight new members of the Order of Interbeing Core Community. The Order of Interbeing…
Thich Nhat Hanh
Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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Cultivating the Mind of Love
View this bookIn Cultivating the Mind of Love, Thích Nhất Hạnh shares a most unusual Dharma teaching: the story of his first love. He pairs these heartfelt moments in his own life...
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Teachings on Love
View this bookWeaving together traditional stories, personal experiences, and a deep understanding of the Buddha's way of mindful living, Thích Nhất Hạnh provides step-by-step practices that foster understanding and intimacy in any...
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The Long Road Turns to Joy
A Guide to Walking Meditation
View this bookThe Long Road Turns to Joy is one of the few books focused completely on mindful walking and walking meditation. This revised edition of the best-selling title (nearly 80,000 copies...
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Answers from the Heart
Practical Responses to Life's Burning Questions
View this bookWe all share the experience of carrying with us the one question that has always seemingly stood in the way of the next step in our personal development, the development...
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My Master’s Robe
Memories of a Novice Monk
View this bookZen master, poet, and peace and human rights activist Thích Nhất Hạnh was born in central Vietnam in 1926 and joined the monkhood at the age of sixteen. Written by...
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Mindfulness Essentials Cards
52 Inspiring Practices and Meditations
View this book"The monk who taught the world mindfulness." —TIME 50+ prompts, exercises, and meditations for your mindfulness practice from the bestselling How To series, by the world-renowned Zen Buddhist teacher who...
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How to Smile
View this bookThe latest book in the bestselling How To series: simple, refreshing meditations of Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh give us inspiration and tools for transforming our suffering and cultivating happiness...
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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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One Buddha is Not Enough
A Story of Collective Awakening
View this bookHow do we learn to believe in ourselves and not just rely on our spiritual teachers? This question often directly posed to Thich Nhat Hanh as "Who will be your...
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Fidelity
How to Create a Loving Relationship That Lasts
View this bookWhat does healthy intimacy look like? How we do we keep the energy and passion alive in long-term relationships? What practices can help us forgive our partner when he or...
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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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Mindful Movements
Ten Exercises for Well-Being
View this bookOver the years, Thích Nhất Hạnh and his monastic community in Plum Village, have developed more and more ways to integrate mindfulness practices into every aspect of their daily life....
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Thundering Silence
Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Catch a Snake
View this bookIn Thundering Silence Thich Nhat Hanh presents the early teachings of the Buddha on not becoming so attached to his teachings that we don’t see reality clearly anymore and become...
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Where Is the Buddha?
View this bookA new story for children from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh: a young boy named Minh goes on a journey to find the Buddha, only to discover the Buddha is in each one of us.
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Is Nothing Something?
Kids' Questions and Zen Answers About Life, Death, Family, Friendship, and Everything in Between
View this bookIn Is Nothing Something? Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh answers heartfelt, difficult, and funny questions from children of all ages. Illustrated with original full-color artwork by Jessica McClure, Is Nothing...
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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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Hermitage Among the Clouds
An Historical Novel of Fourteenth Century Vietnam
View this bookHermitage Among the Clouds tells the story of the fourteenth century Princess Amazing Jewel, the daughter of one of Vietnam's greatest historical Zen master kings. This beautifully written story expresses...
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Sacred Places
A Mindful Journey and Coloring Book
View this bookIn this second book in our Mindful Journey Coloring Book series, Thich Nhat Hanh’s wisdom is paired with black-and-white renderings of magical places and simple interiors created by multi- faceted...
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The Miracle of Mindfulness
An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
View this bookIn this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thích Nhất Hạnh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness--being awake and fully aware....
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The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching
Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
View this bookThe indispensable book containing Thích Nhất Hạnh's introduction to the most essential Buddhist teachings, including the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Doors of Liberation, the Three...
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Two Treasures
Buddhist Teachings on Awakening and True Happiness
View this bookTwo Treasures contains two sutras: The Sutra On The Eight Realizations Of Great Beings and The Discourse on Happiness. They explain in practical detail how to progress step-by-step towards realization...
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Peace Is Every Step
The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday
View this bookIn the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thích Nhất Hạnh...
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The Blooming of a Lotus (Revised & Expanded)
The Essential Guided Meditations for Mindfulness, Healing, and Transformation
View this bookA revised and expanded edition of Thích Nhất Hạnh’s classic introduction to guided meditation for a world in search of mindfulness In this revised edition of The Blooming of a...
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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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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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Living Buddha, Living Christ
20th Anniversary Edition
View this bookNominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize, Thích Nhất Hạnh is one of today’s leading sources of wisdom, peace, compassion and comfort. The 20th anniversary edition...
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Touching Peace
Practicing the Art of Mindful Living
View this bookIn Touching Peace, Thich Nhat Hanh expands the teachings on practicing the art of mindful living begun in the best selling Being Peace by giving specific, practical instructions on extending...
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Path of Compassion
Stories from the Buddha's Life
View this bookPath of Compassion is a collection of key stories from Thich Nhat Hanh’s classic Old Path White Clouds, a book published over 35 years ago. It tells the fascinating life story of...
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The Dragon Prince
Stories and Legends from Vietnam
View this bookThe Dragon Prince is a collection of 15 stories and legends from Vietnam retold by Zen master poet and peace activist Thích Nhất Hạnh. As in many of his teachings,...
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Under the Rose Apple Tree
View this bookIn this sequel to A Pebble for Your Pocket, Zen teacher, poet, and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh looks deeply at the issues that confront young people in today's society....
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Freedom Wherever We Go
A Buddhist Monastic Code for the Twenty-first Century
View this bookIn Freedom Wherever We Go, Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh takes the centuries-old Buddhist monastic code, the Pratimoksha, and updates it for the twenty-first century. "The Buddha," Thích Nhất Hạnh...
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No Death, No Fear
Comforting Wisdom for Life
View this bookWith hard-won wisdom and refreshing insight, Thích Nhất Hạnh confronts a subject that has been contemplated by Buddhist monks and nuns for twenty-five-hundred years— and a question that has been...
Articles in The Mindfulness Bell
Meditation for 1995
By Thich Nhat Hanh
May I be peaceful, happy, and light in body and in mind.May I be safe and free from accidents.May I be free from anger, unwholesome states of mind, fear, and…
Poem: The Old Mendicant
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Being rock, being gas, being mist, being Mind,being the mesons travelling among the galaxies at the speed of light,you have come here, my beloved.And your blue eyes shine, so beautiful,…
Peace Treaty
By Thich Nhat Hanh
In Order That We May Live Long and Happily Together, In Order That We May Continually Develop and Deepen Our Love and Understanding, We the Undersigned, Vow to Observe and Practice…
Hugging Meditation
By Thich Nhat Hanh
When you practice hugging meditation, before you hug someone, you breathe in, bow to him or her with respect, and say to yourself, "A lotus for you." If you have never seen a…
The Two Promises for Children
By Thich Nhat Hanh
I vow to develop understanding in order to live peacefully with people, animals, plants, and minerals. I vow to develop my compassion in order to protect the lives of people,…
International Mindfulness Network
By Thich Nhat Hanh
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…
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: Contemplation
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Since the moon is full tonight,let us call upon the stars in prayer.the power of concentration, seen through the bright,one-pointed mind, is shaking the universe. All living beings are present…
Poem: Structure of Suchness
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Do not scold the little birds. We need their songs. Do not hate your own body. It is the altar for humanity's spirit. Your eyes contain the trichiliocosm, and your…
Poem: You Set Out This Morning
By Thich Nhat Hanh
You set out this morning to give the silver space a future. The phoenix spreads her wings and takes to the immense sky. The water clings to the feet of…
Gatha: Washing your hands
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Water flows over these hands.May I use them skillfully to preserve our precious planet. gatha, a short practice poem, from Thich Nhat Hanh's Stepping into Freedom (Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1997)
Poem: For Warmth
By Thich Nhat Hanh
I hold my face in my two hands.No, I am not crying.I hold my face in my two handsto keep the loneliness warm—two hands protecting,two hands nourishing,two hands preventingmy soul…
Gatha for Blessing the Offering to the Hungry
By Thich Nhat Hanh
The ways of the Awakened One are wondrous His limitless compassion transforms seven grains of rice into food enough for everyone
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…
Mindfulness Practice Centers
By Thich Nhat Hanh
In Plum Village we have meditated for more than a year on how to offer mindfulness as a nonsectarian practice that can be applied in schools, hospitals, prisons, and society at large. According…
The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Thay has recently replaced the ten "precepts" (sila) with the term "mindfulness trainings" (siksa) to more accurately reflect their intention and purpose. This is a term also used by the Buddha. Thay also…
Human Relations, Human Rights
By Thich Nhat Hanh
I am more than Vietnamese. I am also a citizen of the world. We must be aware of the "interbeing" of all countries' happiness. Happiness is not an individual matter. The happiness of…
Poem: Open the Road Wider
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Hair which is the color of precious woodis now offered as incense.Beauty becomes eternity.How wonderful the awareness of impermanence! Since everything is as a dream,the true mind is determined to…
Gatha for Adjusting Posture
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Feelings come and golike clouds in a windy sky.Conscious breathingis my anchor.
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…
An Interview with Thay
By Thich Nhat Hanh
By Stanley Young During the Retreat for Environmentalists, a reporter from the Los Angeles Reader came to Camp Shalom and conducted this interview with Thay. What is your message to environmental activists?…
Poem: The Good News
By Thich Nhat Hanh
The good newsthey do not print.The good newswe do print.We have a special edition every momentthat we need you to read.The good news is that you are aliveand the linden…
The Five Wonderful Precepts
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Following the Spring Retreats, Thich Nhat Hanh re-translated the Five Precepts to express their implications more thoroughly and to rephrase the "Do not's" in a way that articulates these positive practices: …
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…
New Mindfulness Verse
By Thich Nhat Hanh
During the Spring Lectures and Retreats, Thich Nhat Hahn has been suggesting we use this gatha: In-OutBreathing in, I know that I am breathing in.Breathing out, I know that I…
