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"[Thich Nhat Hanh] shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth." --His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize, Thich Nhat Hanh is one of today’s leading sources of wisdom, peace, compassion and comfort.

With hard-won wisdom and refreshing insight, Thich Nhat Hanh confronts a subject that has been contemplated by Buddhist monks and nuns for twenty-five-hundred years— and a question that has been pondered by almost anyone who has ever lived: What is death?

In No Death, No Fear, the acclaimed teacher and poet examines our concepts of death, fear, and the very nature of existence. Through Zen parables, guided meditations, and personal stories, he explodes traditional myths of how we live and die. Thich Nhat Hanh shows us a way to live a life unfettered by fear.

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"Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man, for he is humble and devout. He is a scholar of immense intellectual capacity. His ideas for peace if applied, would build a monument of ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity." —Martin Luther King, Jr.

"He shows us the connection between personal, inner peace, and peace on earth."—His Holiness The Dalai Lama

"Simple but profound." —The Denver Post

"[A] masterwork... Thich Nhat Hanh has rendered us an invaluable service by opening our hearts and minds." —Spirituality & Health Journal

"At some point in their lives, most people are haunted by the question 'What happens after death?' Beloved teacher, poet, and activist Thich Nhat Hanh takes this question to heart in his latest book about how to understand death and stop fearing life...His advice is founded on personal examples, and guided meditations help readers grapple with the loss of a loved one, confront their mortality, and live each day to its fullest." —Tricycle

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Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese monk, a rare combination of mystic, scholar, and activist and one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West. Poet, Zen master, and chairman of the Vietnamese Buddhist Peace Delegation during the Vietnam War, he was nominated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Riverhead; Reissue edition (August 5, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1573223336
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1573223331
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.64 x 0.56 x 7.97 inches

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Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022) was a Vietnamese Buddhist Zen Master, poet, and peace activist and one of the most revered and influential spiritual teachers in the world. Born in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. His work for peace and reconciliation during the war in Vietnam moved Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. In Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh founded Van Hanh Buddhist University and the School of Youth for Social Service, a corps of Buddhist peace workers. Exiled as a result of his work for peace, he continued his humanitarian efforts, rescuing boat people and helping to resettle refugees. In 1982 he established Plum Village France, the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the hub of the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. Over seven decades of teaching, he published a hundred books, which have been translated into more than forty languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide.

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laradah

What a paradox!

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2023

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As a Christian, I read Buddhist literature, especially Thich Nhat Hahn, and this book has been refreshing in dealing with death & fear. I can take his principles & apply them, especially on dying.

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2023

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Doesn’t matter if you’re grieving or will soon be grieved, this book is amazing! A real eye opener!

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2023

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This is probably the best book I've read on the concept of Buddhism not just life and death.
Seeing the impermanence of life is key…l

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Wonderful

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2023

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Such a wonderful and greatly spiritual book - I absolutely enjoyed reading it and left me with great messages for the future

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CENK

Great book with great teachings

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2016

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I read this book when my father was very ill. I jump started from the last chapter. It captured me as it was very relevant to my situation and my father's case. Then I started from the beginning. The notion of no birth, no dieing, no coming, no going is new to most of us, but essential to learn in the journey of deep consciousness. For me, it was more than a spiritual teaching. It was a journey into the awareness and deep consciouness. And in this highly materialised world, the words of this book may sound like a foreign language at first, but if you keep reading, you'll find that it later opens up a new life....a new consciousness, which we at least must be exposed, even if we dont believe, or live in the way that the book describes. For me, it was the second important step in my consciousness, like a new chapter, after Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now". I think anyone who read "Power of Now" this is a must-read-sequence.

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Ghia Arroyo

Gave me peace and acts as a guide

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2023

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I’ve always been weird about death within my family and friends circle in how to comfort my loved ones. Until a death within my own household made me directly deal with grieving.

If you are open to it this book will give you the most peace you can ask for. When no one else can comfort you, you find through these teachings the truth of our nature will keep you at peace. I know feel I have a guide on helping my loved ones die peacefully when the time comes.

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Death vis-a-vis Zen Simplicity

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2009

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Thich Nhat Hanh's little book on death is a magnificent treatment of the topic intended to be read by the widest possible audience possible. The balance of simplicity and depth here is really quite remarkable. It's as if he has spent his life making Buddhism more understandable...

The book rotates around one central image, that is of wave and water. The problem with the wave is that it often feels that it is taller or shorter, wider or thinner, smoother or more choppy than other waves. Although this causes suffering, nothing causes more fear to the wave that one day it will break on shore and become nothing. But, Thich Nhat Hanh assures the wave that its true nature is that of water. All waves at the core of their being are water. The sooner they realize this, the sooner will they cease to identify with relative definitions and the sooner will the cease to fear their death. The analogy here, I hope, is pretty obvious.

Thich Nhat Hanh, following the teachings of Buddhism, emphasizes pratityasamutpada, or interdependent arising, or the belief that everything is defined by all other things. There is no pen without paper, no coffee mug without coffee, and ultimately no person without people. He spells this out quite wonderfully when he addresses "touching the earth" in chapter 8. First he looks at time in the sense that we are biologically and emotionally dependant upon those who came before us. Our current karmic condition (although he does not emphasize this term) is the bound consequence of our parents and our parents' parents. Next, he looks at space and states that we are all that we encounter. He uses the example of a candle where he states that the candle still exists after it has burnt out. We in the west would say the candle is gone, but Thich Nhat Hanh assures us that it has simply changed form. There are gasses that were released, a bit of ash and also heat and light. The heat is still in the room and some of the light may have escaped the window and is now cruising across the cosmos. People, he writes, are the same. Who we are is not contained in our bodies, but the sum of our actions, thoughts and words. In other words, we live on in all of the people we touch. If this is the case, what does it mean to die? We pass on biologically to our children, but we also pass on our lessons and character. From here, I like to make the analogy that we are more like knots in crochet rather than pieces in a puzzle. The puzzle piece can be isolated and analyzed, but the knot will forever be a nexus of something much larger; anything we do to the know ultimately affects the entire system.

Also addressing this point, Thich Nhat Hanh asks us if we cloned him and placed on in a slum, one in a business school and one in a monastery, who would he be? The conclusion of this little thought experiment, I find, illuminates pratityasamutpada quite well.

Overall, I find this book to be easy to read and deeply insightful for anyone who would pick it up. Thich Nhat Hanh is without question a master at getting such powerful yet subtle ideas across to just about anybody. Whatever your background, you will find something meaningful in this book.

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Catherine

Easy to read.

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2023

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Short, easy to comprehend for Buddha beginners. Like me. A good intro, and I liked that he is a Poet, which is evident in his writing.

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Phan

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Reviewed in Australia on November 29, 2023

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Knew this book and decided to read this recently as I felt a bit lost. It really helps me recall what is important in my live and continue living to fulfill my mission.

Christian

Tolles Buch, das zum Nachdenken anregt

Reviewed in Germany on April 28, 2023

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Dieses Buch von Thich Nhat Hanh ist ein wunderbares Werk, das sich mit einem der schwierigsten und am meisten tabuisierten Themen des Lebens auseinandersetzt - dem Tod. Der Autor, ein bekannter buddhistischer Lehrer, vermittelt auf einfühlsame und beruhigende Weise, wie wir unser Verständnis von Tod und Sterben ändern und unsere Angst vor diesem natürlichen Prozess überwinden können.

Thich Nhat Hanh erinnert uns daran, dass der Tod Teil des Lebens ist, und bietet uns eine Perspektive, die uns helfen kann, den Tod als einen natürlichen Übergang zu akzeptieren. Er betont die Bedeutung von Achtsamkeit und Bewusstsein, um die Endlichkeit des Lebens zu schätzen und uns zu ermutigen, das Leben in vollen Zügen zu genießen.

Was ich an diesem Buch besonders schätze, ist, dass Thich Nhat Hanh seine Erkenntnisse und Lehren auf eine Weise präsentiert, die für Menschen aller Glaubensrichtungen zugänglich ist. Seine klaren und einfachen Worte und sein beruhigender Schreibstil machen das Buch leicht verständlich und inspirierend.

Insgesamt ist "No Death, No Fear" ein tolles Werk, das uns dabei hilft, eine tiefere Beziehung zum Leben zu entwickeln und uns auf den Prozess des Sterbens vorzubereiten. Es ist ein Buch, das jeder lesen sollte, egal ob Sie Angst vor dem Tod haben oder nicht. Thich Nhat Hanh erinnert uns daran, dass das Leben wunderschön und kostbar ist, und dass wir jeden Moment vollständig und bewusst erleben sollten.

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T. Vitali

A gem of a book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2011

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In his inimitable way, Thich Nhat Hanh guides us through wonder-filled meditative journeys to awaken to the reality of interbeing, not just conceptually but experientially. It is one thing to say "This table and I are one" and another to arrive at the profound insight of this oneness; only then can we really KNOW this connection in a deeply visceral way, so that it becomes our own reality. Gradually, we begin to realise that we have based our sense of reality on nothing more than flimsy concepts. Notions of birth and death, of coming and going, of being and non-being are seen for what they are: notions, ephemeral formations. Through realising the insubstantial nature of all concepts,we begin to loosen our grip on our identification with our body and personality, and instead discover our true identity in the indestuctible stream of life, the ground of our being beyond birth and death, beyond any duality. An excellent support for anyone wishing to look ahead to a good and peaceful death, but also for anyone wishing to live their lives joyfully and rewardingly.

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Dedalus

A very important book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2021

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Thich Nhat Hanh’s book are always incredibly life-changing.
But that means they are not usually easy to read. They make you face up to reality and deal with your own strengths and weaknesses.
I’m still struggling with this book, but I’m going to finish it, even if it takes a year. The Buddhist philosophy can turn your life upside down, - greater wisdom is not always comfortable.

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Mélody

Passionnant et accessible

Reviewed in France on April 9, 2020

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Livre acheté d'occasion mais dans un état remarquable.
Arrivé dans les délais annoncés.
Bien qu'en anglais le style de l'auteur est tout à fait accessible sans être complètement bilingue. Les images employaient pour faire comprendre le message et la philosophie sont très bien pensées. Permet de trouver une profondeur dans des choses qui paraissent pourtant si simples et amène à remettre en question des idées acquises.
Je n'ai pas encore terminé le livre mais j'envisage déjà d'en acheter un autre du même auteur.

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