A good introduction to meditation and mindfullness. About half the book was written by Hanh, the rest are writings from other sources that may be on interest to those going full blown gonzo into Buddhist Zen practice but adds little for the beginner. ( )

A classic book of meditation by a Vietnamese Buddhist monk in exile. This book describes many of the ways to seek mindfulness in daily life. ( )

It teaches the valuable art of not only how to live well but how to live with acute perception. Simple lessons, huge benefits. ( )

This book is of the utmost interest to everyone in psychology. Mindfulness is the newest wave, causing a paradigm shift in much of therapy, causing an avalanche of text books. Save yourselves the trouble: It's all in this little book. Marsha Linehan et al. helped create the new craze in psychology, and this is one of her sources as well. It was recommended to me by a professor of religion, Patricia O'Connell Killen, many years ago, who foresaw the paradigm shift. I recommend Killen's books, she is one of the greatest minds of our times. ( )

Miracle of Mindfulness is about how to take hold of your consciousness and keep it alive to the
present reality, whether eating a tangerine, playing with your children, or washing the dishes. A
world-renowned Zen master, Nhat Hanh weaves practical instruction with anecdotes and other
stories to show how the meditative mind can be achieved at all times and how it can help us all
"reveal and heal." Nhat Hanh is a master at helping us find a calm refuge within ourselves and
teaching us how to reach out from there to the rest of the world. --from Amazon.com

from back cover: "This lucid and beautifully written guide to Eastern meditation provides Westerners with a method of learning the skills of mindfulness--of being awake and fully aware. Modern medical developments have shown the positive effects of meditation for psychological and physical health, and the reader will need no particular religious orientation to benefit from the wisdom of this manual. Thich Nhat Hanh's gentle anecdotes and practical exercises focus the reader's attention on breathing and show that the contexts for being mindful are numerous and close at hand--washing the dishes, answering the telephone, drinking tea."

This book is truly a gem. It teaches a lesson that I have to revisit about every five years. It is not a religious book, and doesn't require a belief in any particular religion. Instead, it is a way of enriching one's life by fully stepping into it instead of watching it, or waiting for it to occur. ( )

What is going on...RIGHT NOW? How much of our lives do we miss because we not paying attention? (I once stole away from a stressful situation by going to the beach for a few hours. While I was on the beach I day dreamed about...how peaceful it would be to be to be laying on the beach!)

Thich Nhat Hanh gives us a few tools to help us reclaim who we are, right now. Not who we want to be, or who we think we are. This book may take you to a place you have rarely been--the present. ( )

My favorite book about meditation technique. Accessible and patient, reading this book calms the mind. ( )

I can't get this book out of my mind, but I suppose that is the point. I read this book on a plane ride to Europe where I travelled alone. Mentally, I was introduced to a practice of applying a new consciousness to all things--beginning with one of the most simple, yet challenging: breathing. I love Thich Nhat Hanh and believe that anything he writes, no matter how concise becomes a manifestation of peace and wisdom. It does not matter which of his texts you choose because the teachings are essential and deepen with experience and meditation on life in light of this text. I find that the miracle of this book is that I continue to return to it as I reflect on everything I learn and experience in this life. ( )

The Miracle of Mindfulness is a beautifully personal, simple, and clearly written book by the Vietnamese Zen Master, Tich Nhat Hahn. In it he weaves personal stories, commentary, and instruction together in an easily accessible way, providing a virtual handbook to meditation. He argues that one does not have to sit in full lotus to meditate, though zazen (sitting meditation) certainly has it's placed and shouldn't simply be discarded. But, through the miracle that is mindfulness, a person can transform every action and moment of their life into a form of meditation.

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