Thầy has devoted a considerable amount of word-space to the teachings of the Four Nobel Truths and the Noble Eightfold path – 16 chapters in fact. The concepts can be difficult but Thầy offers excellent guidance and explanation to help you understand. 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​. A number will often be at the end of a sentence, you go to the footnote only to be shown further reading, as advertising his other books, it just throws you off.

It asks you to examine your perceptions constantly; after all, how you perceive things influences what you believe is true. 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​. Right Action – the next practice in the Noble Eightfold Path – is grounded in a reverence for all life.Both Apple and Google state that they ensure that only users who have actually downloaded the app can submit a review. Foi o livro que me fez descobrir que era budista, sempre tive um lado espiritual mas nunca consegui me identificar com religião alguma, mas neste eu me identifiquei com cada frase.

Like the Chinese monk, you might think you’re being diligent in your practice – but if your diligence isn’t based on Right View, then you’re not being diligent in the right way. Thầy introduces us to the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path and a handful of other concepts he considers to be the bedrock of the Buddhist faith.

By consciously committing to the practice, you can remove obstacles in your life that separate you from joy. Yes, it’s good as a reminder of the basic teachings but the poetry and imagery of this work make it well worth reading as a guide to deeper understanding and encouragement to deeper practice.

It also includes, in the final section, a small selection of translated discourses which had been mentioned in the text. With poetry and clarity, Thich Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering and its role in creating compassion, love, and joy–all qualities of enlightenment. It shows how to apply these practices to daily life to transform suffering into joy and heal the pain of others.All the way through I found myself learning new things, and understanding concepts I already knew about much more clearly than I ever have before.

In the world of the wave, the world of relative truth, the wave feels happy as she swells, and she feels sad as she falls.

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.