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The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation (Hardcover)

by Thich Nhat Hanh (Author)
Key Phrases: maintain the half smile, follow your breath, practicing mindfulness, The Sutra, Half Lotus (more...)
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Make this a gift presentation for any interested in the healing powers of meditation: it provides a techniques-oriented guide to Buddhist meditation by a Zen master, providing stories and exercises on how meditation works in everyday life. "Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves", Hanh maintains. -- Midwest Book Review

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There have been more than 250,000 copies sold of this famous introduction to Buddhist meditation. Thich Nhat Hanh's gentle stories and exercises show us how to use the practice of

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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Beacon Press (April 5, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0807012327
  • ISBN-13: 978-0807012321
  • Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #102,675 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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159 of 161 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Accessible Mindfulness for Anyone, April 30, 2001
By Missing in Action (Idaho Falls, Idaho USA) - See all my reviews
  
This little treatise is nothing less than a handbook for more effective, more joyful living. Thich Nhat Hanh has a beautifully simple, wonderfully direct manner of communicating the need to live mindfully, and using the practice of meditation as a means for becoming more mindful. Living in exile in Paris, this humble Vietnamese monk has worked tirelessly for decades, living his religion of compassion for the poor and orphaned in his native Vietnam. He is a living testament to the power of mindful living.

In addition to being a treat for your mind, Thich Nhat Hanh provides a number of exercises that help the student of meditation begin the process of focusing and concentrating on the moment at hand. It is a book that will be especially of value to those who are just beginning to meditate, (which is where I find myself), though I expect that as with most things written by wise people, the experienced student of meditation will find much of value as well.

This is not a book about Buddhism. It draws very heavily on the path to enlightenment that the Buddha taught as his fourth Noble Truth, but this book is first and foremost about mindful living. In that sense, it is completely accessible to the Christian, Jewish, agnostic or anyone else who recognizes the power of meditation in acheiving a degree of personal enlightenment. Thich Nhat Hanh has written extensively on the relationship between the principles taught by the Buddha and Jesus, and he is ever mindful of the needs of his Christian/Western audience as well as that of his Buddhist audience. Regardless of your religious orientation, you will find this little book to be an effective guide to living mindfully, completely and with joy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, Sensical, and Sensational!, September 5, 2000
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I remember when I was a student at the Dharmadhatu Center of Los Angeles. The rules were to simply meditate and that was it! The same with Hindu Yoga. The same with all Eastern paths. Then I stumbled on this book. It was wonderful. Did you know that you can put in as little as 10 minutes a day of sitting meditation and then apply this mindfulness of breath to "washing the dishes"? Later, apply mindfulness (being aware) to taking a bath. To eating. Well, you will meditate now for 1 hour a day. In fact, Buddhist Masters state that minfulness in daily life is more important than the actual sitting meditation! Buy this book and become a 16-hour a day meditator. Doing "TV meditation", "conversation meditation", "telephone meditation", "cooking meditation". you name it. Nhat Hanh gives a variety of sitting meditations. Pick the one that feels right. Then do the meditation in daily life. Right now, I am doing "write a review meditation". I wasn't at first. But I am presently. The feel of everything that is happening in the present. Good luck.
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In the past year my marriage has had problems, I've lost tons of money and I've had a non-stop cold/toothache. I was the reverse of mindfullness. Everywhere I looked I saw people who were smiling and I couldn't understand what inner resources they had that would allow them to do it. I started to meditate but it was difficult. I dubbed myself 'the worse meditator'. I couldn't focus at all. I was constantly adding up the numbers in my various accounts and trying to figure to figure out how get above zero. This book was incredible for me. It put new light in the definition of 'practice'. Meditation is just practice for post-meditation. Suddenly, everything became a meditation. Watching tv. Driving a car. Typing on the computer. Writing an amazon review. I'm still pretty crappy at meditating. But now I'm having more fun doing everything else thanks to this book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Meaningful and balanced
This book is another in the successful list of Thich Nhat Hahn's books. He balances his stories with meaningful lessons on the act of mindfulness. Read more
Published 8 days ago by L. Caplinger

3.0 out of 5 stars Stuctured
I was looking for a book that would talk to me about the practice of mindful meditation,the subtle nuances of practice and some common instances of mis-identification of... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Easy concepts
I enjoyed reading this book. It was well written and the concepts easy to understand.
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