This lucid and beautifully written guide to Eastern meditation provides Westerners with a method of learning the skills of mindfulness - of being awake and fully aware. Modern medical developments have shown the positive effects of meditiation for psychological and physaial health, and the reader will need no particular religious orietation to benefit from the wisdom of this manual. Thich Nhat Hanh's gentle anecdotes and practical exercises focus the reader's attention on breathing and show that the contextx for being mindful are numerous and close at hand - washing the dishes, answering the telephone, drinking tea. His compassionate spirit and the method of meditation described here will help both beginners and advanced students arrive at greater self-understanding and peacefulness. --- from book's back cover
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Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist Zen Master, poet, scholar and peace activist. During the Vietnam War his work for peace and reconciliation moved Martin Luther King to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. He founded the Van Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon and the School of Youth for Social Service. He was exiled as a result of his work for peace but continued his activism, rescuing boat people and helping to resettle Vietnamese refugees. He has written more than 100 books, which have sold millions of copies around the world. He now lives in France where he founded a Buddhist community and meditation centre.
A Zen master's very practical manual on meditation, combining both philosophy and exercises. His elegant and accessible introduction to the art of meditation. The program has as its goal a personal transformation of the listener. The presentation is clear and effective, suiting the material and expressing the author's ideas. C.S. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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