For a Future to Be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Mindfulness Trainings - Softcover

Nhat Hanh, Thich

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9781888375077: For a Future to Be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Mindfulness Trainings

Synopsis

The Five Mindfulness Trainings—protecting life, acting with generosity, behaving responsibly in sexual relationships, speaking and listening deeply and mindfully, and avoiding substance abuse—are the basic statement of ethics and morality in Buddhism. In For a Future to be Possible, Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh and fourteen prominent co-authors discuss these Five Mindfulness Trainings and offer insights and challenges for how they might play an important role in our personal lives and in society.

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