Thich Nhat Hanh Series
‘[Thich Nhat Hanh] shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth.’
—His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the best known Zen Buddhist teachers in the world today. He is the author of numerous bestselling books. He lives in Plum Village, in southwest France, where he gardens, writes and teaches on the art of mindful living.
With this series we bring to our readers some of his best works
In this extraordinary book, one of the world’s best known Zen Buddhist teachers uses Buddhist precepts to teach us how to find meaning in our jobs and deal with challenges in the workplace. The book’s emphasis is on how to use applied Buddhism in daily life. It shows us how to eliminate stress, adopt new models of leadership, doing business and mindful consumption, and tells us how we can move in the direction of achieving sanity and fulfilment in our daily routines. Practical, insightful and easy to follow, Work offers us new ways in which to live and earn our livelihood.
In this extraordinary book, one of the world’s most renowned Zen Buddhist masters teaches us how to find happiness by getting past suffering. He shows us how the only way to do this is by acknowledging and transforming suffering, not running away from it. He shares with us the practices of stopping, mindful breathing and deep concentration that will enable us to generate the energy of mindfulness within our daily lives; using that energy, we can embrace pain and suffering, calm them down, instantly bringing us a measure of freedom and a clearer mind. Serene and wise, No Mud, No Lotus is an immensely practical guide to overcoming life’s big and little problems.
Thich Nhat Hanh brings his signature clarity, compassion, and humor to focus on the ways we act out in anger, frustration, and despair. In brief meditations, he offers insights on how to turn our disagreements and conflicts into opportunities for growth and compassion.
What is the right way to live? How do I balance my work and my family? Why do I worry, even when everything is okay? How can I repair my relationship with my parents? In Answers from the Heart, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh offers his personal, heartfelt, and often surprising answers to fifty of the most pressing and common questions he has ever been asked.
Each answer is a concise summary of Thich Nhat Hanh’s own insight based on his lifetime of practice. The book is divided into sections: Daily Life, Living and Dying, Engaged Buddhism, Mindfulness Practice, Family and Relationships, and Children’s Questions. Together, the questions and answers provide a useful guide for dealing with concrete problems, an accessible way into Buddhist teachings, and a lively glimpse into the connection between students and their teacher.
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