Transformation at the Base: Fifty Verses on the Nature of Consciousness - Hardcover

Nhat Hanh, Thich

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1888375140 ISBN 13: 9781888375145

Publisher: Parallax Press, 2001

Synopsis

A finalist for the 2001 Nautilus award, Transformation at the Base is a profound look at Buddhist psychology with insights into how these ancient teachings apply to the modern world.

Thich Nhat Hanh focuses on the direct experience of recognizing, embracing, and looking deeply into the nature of our feelings and perceptions. Presenting the basic teachings of Buddhist-applied psychology, he shows us how our mind is like a field, where every kind of seed is planted—seeds of suffering, happiness and joy, and sorrow and fear. The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds in our mind. If we know how to water seeds of joy and transform seeds of suffering, then understanding, love, and compassion will flower.

About this title

About the Author:

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet and scholar. He is the founder of Van Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon. Since the early 1980s he has come to North America regularly to lecture and give retreats on the art of mindful living. He leads a meditation community in southwestern France and is author of 40 books in English.

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The present moment contains the past and the future.

The secret of transformation at the base lies in our handling of this very moment

About this edition

• Publisher: Parallax Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1888375140
• ISBN 13: 9781888375145
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250