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The Other Shore
A New Translation of the Heart Sutra with Commentaries
View this bookThis 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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Awakening of the Heart
Essential Buddhist Sutras and Commentaries
View this bookAwakening 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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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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Breathe, You Are Alive (2008 edition)
The Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
View this bookAccording 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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Understanding Our Mind
50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology
View this bookA finalist for the 2001 Nautilus Award, Understanding Our Mind is Thích Nhất Hạnh’s profound look at Buddhist psychology with insights into how these ancient teachings apply to the modern...
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The Diamond That Cuts Through Illusion
View this bookThe 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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Transformation and Healing
Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness
View this bookTransformation and Healing contains the teachings from The Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness are fundamental to the practice of meditation, and constitute the foundation of all mindfulness practice....
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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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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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Thundering Silence
Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Catch a Snake
View this bookIn Thundering Silence Thích Nhất Hạnh 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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The Dhammapada
View this bookFor 2,500 years, The Dhammapada has been an essential Buddhist classic. Translated by Ananda Maitreya, the 100-year-old elder of Sri Lankan Buddhism. From the foreword: "Even though the Dhammapada appeared...
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First Buddhist Women
Poems and Stories of Awakening
View this bookFirst Buddhist Women is a readable, contemporary translation of and commentary on the enlightenment verses of the first female disciples of the Buddha. The book explores Buddhism’s relatively liberal attitude...
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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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Transformation at the Base
50 Verses on the Nature of Consciousness
View this bookA finalist for the 2001 Nautilus award, Transformation at the Base is a profound look at Buddhist psychology with insights into how these ancient teachings apply to the modern world....
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I Can’t Believe It’s Not Buddha!
What Fake Buddha Quotes Can Teach Us About Buddhism
View this bookQuotes from the Buddha are everywhere: on Facebook, Instagram, coffee mugs, posters. There's only one problem: the Buddha didn't actually say most of them. This humorous and informative book takes...