The Miracle Of Mindfulness

Oct 9, 2024 12:25 PM

Author:Thich Nhat Hanh

In this beautifully written book, Buddhist monk and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh explains how to acquire the skills of mindfulness. Once we have these skills, we can slow our lives down and discover how to live in the moment - even simple acts like washing the dishes or drinking a cup of tea may be transformed into acts of meditation.

Thich Nhat Hanh's gentle anecdotes and practical exercises help us to arrive at greater self-understanding and peacefulness, whether we are beginners or advanced students. Irrespective of our particular religious beliefs, we can begin to reap the immense benefits that meditation has been scientifically proven to offer. We can all learn how to be mindful and experience the miracle of mindfulness for ourselves.

Reviews

Thich Nhat Hanh's ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity.

—— Martin Luther King, Jr.

The father of mindfulness

—— Irish Times

One of the best available introductions to the wisdom and beauty of meditation practice.

—— New Age Journal

He has immense presence and both personal and Buddhist authority. If there is a candidate for 'Living Buddha' on earth today, it is Thich Nhat Hanh.

—— Roshi Richard Baker, author of Original Mind: The Practice of Zen in the West

[Thich Nhat Hanh] shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth

—— His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The first book to awaken a mainstream readership to the subject of mindfulness – a testimony to the power of Thich Nhat Hanh’s elegant and profound teaching.

—— Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living

Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West, a rare combination of mystic, poet, scholar and activist.

—— Joanne Macy, author of World As Lover, World AS Self

Beautifully written and a must-read.'

—— Good Housekeeping

Julian Barnes takes on the ambitious subject of death - and succeeds brilliantly

—— William Leith , Scotsman

It is a sincere, humble work, punctuated by moments of poignancy

—— Colm Farren , The Irish Times

This year, its moving, sly, terrified grappling with the approach of extinction overwhelmed me

—— Andro Linklater , Spectator, Books of the Year

A rather beautiful account of the birth and evolution of Islam ... Lucid and illuminating ... Fascinating

—— Metro

Aslan is an engaging writer, his strength lies ... as an observer of contemporary challenges facing Islam ... Sensitive and generous

—— FT Magazine

Enthralling. A book of tremendous clarity and generosity of spirit

—— Jim Crace

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