A new gift edition of the classic guide to meditation and mindfulness, featuring archival photography and beautiful calligraphy by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Miracle of Mindfulness is a classic guide to meditation that has introduced generations of readers to the life-changing beauty of mindful awareness. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange, he reminds us that each moment holds within it an opportunity to work toward greater self-understanding and peacefulness. This gift edition features Thich Nhat Hanh’s inspiring calligraphy, photographs from his travels around the world, and a revised afterword.
“Thich Nhat Hanh’s ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity.”
—Martin Luther King Jr.
“One of the best available introductions to the wisdom and beauty of meditation practice.”
—New Age Journal
“Thich Nhat Hanh writes with the voice of the Buddha.”
—Sogyal Rinpoche
Translator’s Preface by Mobi Ho
ONE
The Essential Discipline
TWO
The Miracle Is to Walk on Earth
THREE
A Day of Mindfulness
FOUR
The Pebble
FIVE
One Is All, All Is One: The Five Aggregates
SIX
The Almond Tree in Your Front Yard
SEVEN
Three Wondrous Answers
Exercises in Mindfulness
Thich Nhat Hanh: Seeing with the Eyes of Compassion
by Jim Forest
Selection of Buddhist Sutras
Chronology of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Life