At Home in the World: Stories and Essential Teachings from a Monk’s Life (original 2016; edition 2019)

by Thích Nhất Hạnh (Author), Jason DeAntonis (Illustrator)

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"Followers and newcomers to Nhat Hanh's teaching alike will find this collection inspiring for everyday practice and for social engagement in the world."--Publishers Weekly This collection of autobiographical and teaching stories from peace activist and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is thought provoking, inspiring, and enjoyable to read. Collected here for the first time, these stories span the author's life. There are stories from Thich Nhat Hanh's childhood and the traditions of rural Vietnam. There are stories from his years as a teenaged novice, as a young teacher and writer in war torn Vietnam, and of his travels around the world to teach mindfulness, make pilgrimages to sacred sites, and influence world leaders. The tradition of teaching the Dharma through stories goes back at least to the time of the Buddha. Like the Buddha, Thich Nhat Hanh uses story-telling to engage people's interest so he can share important teachings, insights, and life lessons.… (more)

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Title:	At Home in the World: Stories and Essential Teachings from a Monk’s Life
Authors:	Thích Nhất Hạnh (Author)
Other authors:	Jason DeAntonis (Illustrator)
Info:	Parallax Press (2019), Edition: Reprint, 192 pages
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This book is a series of essays, and takes a bit to work through. I started this while traveling through Vietnam, but didn't finish until months later. I also read "The Hidden Life of Trees" and "The Overstory" while reading this book and it was interesting how many of the essays spoke of trees and overlapped in ideas and themes with those books. Overall this was a nice book that made you feel better about humanity, and that is something I have needed. (

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bangerlm | Jan 18, 2023 |

Beautiful stories from one of our greatest teachers. (

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BooksForDinner | Sep 27, 2022 |

I was disappointed with this one. The entries are so short that with few exceptions they can't do justice to the incidents that they describe or the concepts that they illustrate. There's too much "I got into this situation, I did this correct thing, life was beautiful." More fleshing out of each piece would have been a big improvement. (

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Jim53 | Mar 1, 2019 |

Read this book hoping that it might be a good gift for my yoga instructor and/or fill a hole in a blog post about memoir that I'm working on. Unfortunately, it didn't fill either need for me. This book is part memoir and part mindfulness instruction. However, by trying to be both, it sort of misses the mark for either. While there are some great short gems (as always with this author), the format (chronological anecdotes) doesn't do justice to the takeaways. I prefer his other writing that is less auto-biographical. He often weaves personal stories into his writing as appropriate. The vignettes here were very short and the format made this a little disjointed. Still, there, as always, some great takeaways and insights in his writing.

I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Well-ReadNeck | Aug 4, 2016 |

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De wereld is mijn thuis: Herinneringen en levenslessen

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"Followers and newcomers to Nhat Hanh's teaching alike will find this collection inspiring for everyday practice and for social engagement in the world."--Publishers Weekly This collection of autobiographical and teaching stories from peace activist and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is thought provoking, inspiring, and enjoyable to read. Collected here for the first time, these stories span the author's life. There are stories from Thich Nhat Hanh's childhood and the traditions of rural Vietnam. There are stories from his years as a teenaged novice, as a young teacher and writer in war torn Vietnam, and of his travels around the world to teach mindfulness, make pilgrimages to sacred sites, and influence world leaders. The tradition of teaching the Dharma through stories goes back at least to the time of the Buddha. Like the Buddha, Thich Nhat Hanh uses story-telling to engage people's interest so he can share important teachings, insights, and life lessons.

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