The Art of Mindful Living: How to Bring Love, Compassion, and Inner Peace into Your Daily Life [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Thich Nhat Hanh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2000

Zen meditation master and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh offers his practical teachings about how to bring love and mindful awareness into our daily experience. These rare moments were recorded during a family meditation retreat. Kind - purposeful - illuminating - here is an abundant treasure of traditional gathas (teachings) that unify meditation practice with the challenges we face in today's world. Enhanced features include traditional Vietnamese music performed by the monks and nuns of Plum Village, a meditation practice from Thich Nhat Hanh's Mindful Movements video, and an interview with the author.

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Book Description

A Zen meditation master teaches how to bring compassion and inner peace into daily life. Thich Nhat Hanh presents practical teachings about how to bring love and mindful awareness into our daily experience. This abundant treasure of traditional teachings will unify meditation practice with the challanges we face in today's world. Includes techniques for meditation and more. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Thich Nhat Hanh is an expatriate Vietnamese Buddhist monk, as well as a teacher, author, poet, and peace activist. Martin Luther King, Jr. nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967 for his efforts to reconcile North and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Hanh was part of a movement called "engaged Buddhism", which combines traditional practices with nonviolent civil disobedience, and he was exiled by both the Communist and non-Communist governments. He is a respected writer and scholar, and founded a retreat in France called Plum Village. Hanh has written several books, including The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: An Introduction to Buddhism, Peace Is Every Step, and Living Buddha, Living Christ.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; 1 edition (December 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564557987
• ISBN-13: 978-1564557988
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese monk, a renowned Zen master, a poet, and a peace activist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1967, and is the author of many books, including the best-selling The Miracle of Mindfulness.

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92 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Magical Voice. . ., December 10, 2000

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This review is from: The Art of Mindful Living : How to Bring Love, Compassion, and Inner Peace into Your Daily Life (Audio Cassette)

I have worn out my cassette set of this performance, and am ordering another. Thich Nhat Hanh has remained the most accessible of the Buddhist teachers for many, many years now. For those who have only read his books, I would recommend purchase of these tapes. His voice on tape completes the efforts of his writing. It is a set to be returned to many times (that's how I've worn mine out!). I've found this set particularly enjoyable listening while driving. As usual, Hanh's parables help to make the complex, simple.

Another virtue of this series is the illustration of Hanh's sense of humor!

Though revered around the world, Hanh's humility and pleasure in interacting with people shines through on this series. It is obvious that he is the diametrical opposite to those religious teachers/leaders who set themselves above their followers.

This tape series can serve as an excellent introduction to Thich Nhat Hanh's work, and hopefully would lead to exploring his large anthology of written work.

80 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Illuminating And Entertaining, March 28, 2005

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vincevna "vincevna" (Ottawa, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Mindful Living: How to Bring Love, Compassion, and Inner Peace into Your Daily Life (Audio CD)

I have listened to many Dharma Talks (DT) from Thich Nhat Hanh and this one is one of my favourite. This DT is really fun to listen to. I have learned so much from Hanh's teachings and I am trying to practice and change myself for the benefit of my family.

What you will learn from this DT:

* Samatha (Calm Meditation) and Vipassana (Insight Meditation)
* Alayavijñana (Store Consciousness) and Manovijñana (Mind Consciousness)
* 5 simple meditating exercises (In Out, Flower Fresh, Mountain Solid, Water Reflecting, Space Free)
* Mindfulness in the context of the family
* Communication between fathers and sons
* How to deal with anger and hurt feelings
* The 5 remembrances (Aging, Ill Health, Death, Separation, True Belonging)
* True love vs. possessive love
* Meditation for children
* Inter-being, Impermanence, and much more

Thich Nhat Hanh uses a lot of examples in this DT to help the listeners understand better Buddhism. I highly recommend this product to anyone regardless of their religion.

79 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical ways to grow through opening up and loving., March 24, 1999

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David Lazaroff ([e-mail]) (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Mindful Living : How to Bring Love, Compassion, and Inner Peace into Your Daily Life (Audio Cassette)

I listened to this set of two tapes over, and over again while in my car. How can we practice being happy? How can we recognize joy in the mundane? What can we do every day to be more aware? Thich Nhat Hanh gives us a start. He offers us daily exercises and practices. Spiced with his personal stories and stories from the traditions of Buddhism he is engaging and entertaining. He offers the listener a more mindful, peaceful, and enriching way of living.