Authors: Thich Nhat Hanh, Pritam Singh
ISBN-13: 9781573223331, ISBN-10: 1573223336
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Date Published: July 2003
Edition: Reissue
Thich Nhat Hanh, mystic, scholar and activist, is a Vietnamese monk and one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers alive today. 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. The author of more than one hundred books of poetry, fiction and philosophy, he teaches meditation around the world.
Beloved Buddhist teacher and poet Thich Nhat Hanh offered the world much-needed words of calming wisdom in his previous book, Anger-a coast-to-coast bestseller in both hardcover and paperback.
Now, in a book both timely and timeless, he tackles a subject that has been contemplated by Buddhist monks and nuns for twenty-five hundred years-and an eternal mystery that touches us all: What is death? Through Zen parables, guided meditations, and personal stories, he explodes the traditional myths of how we live and die. Even more, Thich Nhat Hanh shows us a way to live a life unfettered by fear.
Foreword | ix | |
1 | Where Do We Come From? Where Do We Go? | 1 |
2 | The Real Fear | 17 |
3 | The Practice of Looking Deeply | 37 |
4 | Transforming Grief and Fear | 57 |
5 | New Beginnings | 91 |
6 | The Address of Happiness | 103 |
7 | Continuing Manifestations | 119 |
8 | Fear, Acceptance and Forgiveness: The Practice of Touching the Earth | 133 |
9 | Accompanying the Dying | 173 |