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[Thich Nhat Hanh] shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth --His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West, a rare combination of mystic, poet, scholar and activist
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82 of 83 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent book if you have either a beginner in meditation or advanced meditator. The author gives your tips on how to practice mindfulness meditation, that is how to incorporate it in your daily life. Being a begginner meditator myself I got caught in the process of sitting down and meditating, only to find out that I was running way from reality. This book teaches you how to meditate while you do your dishes, clean your home, listen to music, talk to friends.... It is s a great book. What this book does not is enter into discussion of the practice of mindfulness itself, therefore is better to have some knowledge of the practice before reading the book.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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You do not have to be a Buddhist to benefit from this book. Master Thich Nhat Hanh shows how everyone has the potential to enrich their lives by becoming more aware of themselves, and by doing this how to find an element of happiness. My son gave me this book to help me through a deep depression, because it is now clinically proven that meditation is one of the most effective means of dealing with depression. The simple, straightforward methods detailed are easy to understand and put into practice, and I can promise anyone who wants to learn how to deal with their suffering that this book is a wonderful beginning. Thank you, Master Thich Nhat Hanh!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Unfortunately, I had to read this book in Danish translation, since the library wouldn't get it for me in English (I can't buy all the books I read). The English version is a translation from the Vietnamese, the author Thich Nhat Hanh being a Buddhist monk who wrote the book in 1974 as a letter to a teacher at a social school in South Vietnam from his exile in France.
The book exhorts the reader to mindfulness, i.e. to live in the "now", as Echart Tolle directs us to do, and explains how to do so. When you do the dishes, you don't do so to get them clean, but just for the sake of doing them. You do them with mindfulness and love for the process.
The author's words (even in translation) are imbued with peace and calm, and I found myself reading the book more slowly than I otherwise might have done.
Thich Nhat Hanh's text is inspiring and useful. Its essence is his advocacy of the importance of breathing exercises in order to obtain mindfulness, and innumerable of these are found in a subsequent section on mindfulness exercises as a whole.
A chapter enlightens us about the author Nhat Hanh who at the time of writing what turned into the book was committed to explaining to the Americans the necessity of stopping the bombings and killings in his country. He is a poet and Zen Master.
The final sections of the book are devoted to a selection of buddhist Sutras, which I couldn't really make head or tail of.
But all in all, an admirable book - a good introduction to mindfulness meditation.
I will now be trying to obtain other works of this author, preferably some that have not been translated into Danish, so I have a better chance of getting hold of them in English, for instance, "The long road turns to joy".
The book exhorts the reader to mindfulness, i.e. to live in the "now", as Echart Tolle directs us to do, and explains how to do so. When you do the dishes, you don't do so to get them clean, but just for the sake of doing them. You do them with mindfulness and love for the process.
The author's words (even in translation) are imbued with peace and calm, and I found myself reading the book more slowly than I otherwise might have done.
Thich Nhat Hanh's text is inspiring and useful. Its essence is his advocacy of the importance of breathing exercises in order to obtain mindfulness, and innumerable of these are found in a subsequent section on mindfulness exercises as a whole.
A chapter enlightens us about the author Nhat Hanh who at the time of writing what turned into the book was committed to explaining to the Americans the necessity of stopping the bombings and killings in his country. He is a poet and Zen Master.
The final sections of the book are devoted to a selection of buddhist Sutras, which I couldn't really make head or tail of.
But all in all, an admirable book - a good introduction to mindfulness meditation.
I will now be trying to obtain other works of this author, preferably some that have not been translated into Danish, so I have a better chance of getting hold of them in English, for instance, "The long road turns to joy".
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The Miracle of Mindfulness
... buy it ... read it.... you will truly enjoy it!!
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Published 2 months ago by Mrs. Ellen Smith
Superb
What a great book - gives a practical technique for survival in the modern world.
It's changed my life and the way i look at day to day living. Read more
It's changed my life and the way i look at day to day living. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Dr. D. G. Horobin
Powerful wisdom
Classic. There's nothing more to say really.
But I feel the need: it's powerful wisdom from a brilliant, and very erudite, writer.
But I feel the need: it's powerful wisdom from a brilliant, and very erudite, writer.
Published 7 months ago by Peter W. Burden
The Miracle of Mindfulness
Excellent book, but then I can't fault anything written by Thich Nhat Hanh. The book title says it all. I've bought several copies for friends.
Published 8 months ago by J. McNaughton
tiny guide to great inner miracles
I haven't finish this book yet, but I'm experiencing great changes is my life already, by applying simple exercises from this tiny book. Read more
Published 11 months ago by marta
Mindfulness in everyday life
What a beautiful, uplifting and above all very sensible little book.
It contains a mix of stories and true experiences, a compassionate and very accurate analysis of... Read more
It contains a mix of stories and true experiences, a compassionate and very accurate analysis of... Read more
Published 16 months ago by A reader
Mindfulness
what an interesting read. Not a lot about what you don't already know if your a thinking person but a must to enable you to think more carefully . Read more
Published 23 months ago by J. F. Robson
A good little introduction
I am relatively new to mindfulness though I am familiar with the evidence that it really can help you improve your life. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Carole Carter
the miracle of mindfullness
Its a thought provoking book about modern day living and how we are not living our lives in the present time. Read more
Published on 23 May 2010 by Johnains
Quite a good book but not his best in my opinion
I enjoy Thich Nhat Hanh's books, CDs and have even attended his retreats in France. This is another one of his books in which he concentrates on the importance of mindfulness... Read more
Published on 20 May 2010 by Mr. S. Alidina
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