Understanding Our Mind - Softcover

Thich Nhat Hanh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8172237960 ISBN 13: 9788172237967

Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2010

Synopsis

Understanding our mind is an accessible guide for anyone who is curious about the inner workings of the mind originally released as transformation at the base, a finalist for the 2001 nautilus award, this seminal work on buddhist applied psychology features a new introduction by dharma teacher reb anderson understanding our mind is based on fifty verses on the nature of consciousness taken from the great fifth-century buddhist master vasubandhu with compassion and insight, nhat hanh reveals how these ancient teachings can be applied to the modern world nhat hanh focuses on the direct experience of recognizing and embracing the nature of our feelings and perceptions the quality of our lives, he says, depends on the quality of the seeds in our minds buddhism teaches us how to nourish the seeds of joy and transform the seeds of suffering so that our understanding, love, and compassion can flower

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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: HarperCollins India
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 8172237960
• ISBN 13: 9788172237967
• Binding: Paperback