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Life in the Right Direction

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The Miracle Of Mindfulness

January 2, 2014 by Peter 3 Comments

The Miracle of Mindfulness - An Introduction to the Practice of MeditationThe Miracle Of Mindfulness – An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

By Thich Nhat Hanh, Beacon Press, originally published in 1975.

This is a classic book about meditation and I really enjoy reading it. It’s not a very long book, and it’s one of those books with so many great parts that are both easy to read and profoundly insightful at the same time. I can tell that this is a book I’m going to re-read many times and learn more from it each time.

The chapters in the book are;

  1. The Essential Discipline
  2. The Miracle is to Walk on the Earth
  3. A Day of Mindfulness
  4. The Pebble
  5. One is All, All is One: The Five Aggregates
  6. The Almond Tree in Your Front Yard
  7. Three Wondrous Answers

and

  • Exercises in Mindfulness
  • Nhat Hanh: Seeing with the Eyes of Compassion
  • Selection of Buddhist Sutras

This book really helps me appreciate my life. I’m definitely going to have to read this again from time to time.

Filed Under: Books, Spirit Tagged With: buddhism, meditation, mindfulness, spirituality

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  1. Jessica says

    April 16, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    Hi Dad,

    This is a link to a children’s book that Thich Nhat Hahn endorses. It’s called Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda.

    http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/mindful-monkey-happy-panda

    Love,
    Jess.

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    • Pete says

      April 19, 2014 at 12:13 pm

      Thanks for that, Jess. Looks interesting. I’ll check it out.

      Reply
    • Pete says

      April 19, 2014 at 1:24 pm

      I downloaded it from Amazon to my Kindle. It’s a delightful little book. I’d be interesting to know how children react to it.

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