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A Lifetime of Peace

A Lifetime of Peace draws on dozens of sources to collect the very best writing by and about Thich Nhat Hanh.  This timely collection is both a political and spiritual handbook which encompasses all of Thich Nhat Hanh’s major themes—mindfulness, love, truth, compassion, and peace on earth. It follows...

The Joy of Full Consciousness

In 1999 two French journalists spent time with Buddhist Zen master and Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village, the community of practice he founded in southwestern France. This account of their experience shows what daily life is like in this celebrated community and provides a glimpse of...

At Home in the World

This collection of autobiographical and teaching stories from peace activist and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is thought provoking, inspiring, and enjoyable to read. Collected here for the first time, these stories span the author’s life. There are stories from Thich Nhat Hanh’s childhood and the traditions of rural...

Inside the Now

Written in the summer of 2013, Inside the Now contains the most recent, never before published commentaries and reflections of Thich Nhat Hanh on living in stillness and timelessness. The book begins with an autobiographical reflection in which we hear the voice of the young monk, poet, and community-builder struggling...

My Master’s Robe

Zen Master, poet and peace and human rights activist Thich Nhat Hanh was born in central Vietnam in 1926 and joined the monkhood at the age of sixteen. Written by the author in his late twenties, My Master’s Robe is set in the heart of a peaceful monastery that...

Hermit and the Well

The Hermit and the Well is a story from the time the author was a young boy in Vietnam. When his school class goes on a trip to climb a mountain, he hopes to meet the hermit who lives near the top. Instead, he discovers a beautiful well and...

Fragrant Palm Leaves

Thich Nhat Hanh has lived in exile from his native Vietnam since 1966. These remarkable early journals reveal not only an intimate portrait of the Zen master as a young man, but the emergence of a great poet and literary voice of Vietnam. From his years as a student...

Cultivating the Mind of Love

In Cultivating the Mind of Love, Thich Nhat Hanh shares a most unusual Dharma teaching: the story of his first love. He pairs these heartfelt moments in his own life with insightful commentaries on classic Buddhist teaching including the Diamond, Lotus, and Avatamsaka Sutras. With masterful simplicity and clarity,...

Call Me By My True Names

“Thich Nhat Hanh’s poems have an almost uncanny power to disarm delusion, awaken compassion, and carry the mind into the immediate presence of meditation. Thich Nhat Hanh writes with the voice of the Buddha”. – Sogyal Rinpoche. “The clear, still mind of this meditation teacher gives rise to piercing...

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What is Mindfulness

Thich Nhat Hanh January 15, 2020

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