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Title: Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh, Arnold Kotler, Thich Nhatthanh ISBN: 0-938077-00-7 Publisher: Parallax Pr Pub. Date: March, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant and very touching
Comment: This is a book to live by. T.N.Hanh expresses his ideas simply and directly. Even as a buddhist of some experience and knowledge in buddhism philosophy, I found this book refreshing and a joy to read. Sometimes, I find myself reading a few lines, and sighed, and then read the same lines again. Other times, I read and nod in agreement. This is definitely a book for both experienced Buddhism and those who are totally new to Buddhism. The Little Enlightenment that you will gain from this book, will change the way you live your life, and the way you view relationships with others. BEING PEACE, begins with you!
Rating: 5
Summary: A paragraph for every moment in your life
Comment: Thich Nhat Hanh has a gift. Even for non-Buddhists like myself. He is able to explain simply the way a Buddhist teacher/monk like himself deals with the ups and downs of life, often with a gentle beguiling humor, and he illustrates his advice with stories told in the most simplistic terms. The warm smile on his face is present across all its pages and this little book has a gentle way of telling you a lesson for every moment in your life.
One sad afternoon, I took the book outside with me to sit and read by the side of our family pet during the last afternoon of his life. I was extremely angry at the injustice of watching our wonderful young pet's life being cut short. He was dying that day and we couldn't save him. It was hard for me to contain that anger. I opened Hanh's book at random, to allow fate to put in front of me whatever it willed for that moment. To my amazement I found myself reading a paragraph on Hanh explaining how to control anger, how to care for it and how to make it constructive rather than destructive for the environment around you. His simple language flowed right to the heart of my moment. Our dog was not benefiting from my hidden anger - he needed me to give him peace in those last couple of hours. Once again I had learnt something precious to that moment of reading from this sweet, gentle monk's writings ...
Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic
Comment: Of all of Thich Nhat Hanh's works, I would say personally this stands out as my favorite. It is relitively short, meaning you can probably read it within a few hours. I especially like his chapter "Working for Peace", where he brings up his often used poem, "Please Call Me By My True Names." He explains how he, along with others at Plum Village, often take upon the task of helping refugees attempting escape from oppresive governments. The work at times becomes very tedious, many of the letters the will receive in Plum Village are heartwrenching, stories of murder or young girls being raped. Thich explains how it often becomes challenging to see both sides in a conflict, when it seems so evident there may have only been one victim.
Yet this is where meditation comes in, allowing yourself to truly try to understand where the perpetrator of the crime may have come from. In his poem he basically says he is both the frog and fly, or cat and mouse. In a nutshell, he shows us the middle path. Where good and bad do certainly exist, but also how no true resolution can spring forth without an attempt to understand all sides involved in a conflict. I must say I don't agree that violence can always be avoided, that sometimes a person must be stopped because they are harming other people continuosly; not to mention they are not filtering their own bad karma they create. It is with compassion that we must resolve these terrifying issues with. Love for perpetrator and everyone else in this world. Othwerwise we fan the flames of revenge and hate. Hate never once begot hate, only love begets hate. The Buddha Shakyamuni stressed that in Ancient times. It seems that Thich Nhat Hanh has rekindled the Buddha within to write this magnificent work.
Enjoy the book:)
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Title: Peace Is Every Step : The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh ISBN: 0553351397 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh ISBN: 0807012394 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Nhat Hanh, Thich Nhat Hanh ISBN: 1573229377 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Heart of Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh ISBN: 0767903692 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 08 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Teachings on Love by Thich Nhat Hanh, Mobi Warren, Annabel Laity ISBN: 1888375124 Publisher: Parallax Pr Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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