117 pages

English language

Published Jan. 3, 2014

ISBN:
978-1-937006-58-7
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OCLC Number:
858602996

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5 stars (1 review)

The first book in the Mindfulness Essentials Series by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Sit offers clear, simple directions and inspiration for anyone wanting to explore mindfulness meditation. In short, single-paragraph chapters, Nhat Hanh shares detailed instructions, guided breathing exercises and visualizations, as well as his own personal stories and insights. This pocket-sized book is perfect for those brand new to sitting meditation as well as for those looking to deepen their spiritual practice.

With sumi ink drawings by Jason DeAntonis.

Thich Nhat Hanh was a world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist. Born in Vietnam in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than 100 books, which have sold more than four million copies in the United States alone. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace, his teachings on Buddhism as a path to …

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reviewed How to sit by Thích Nhất Hạnh (Mindfulness essentials)

How to Sit by Thich Nhat Han

5 stars

Sitting is Buddhist lingo for meditation. In the first dozen lines of this delightful little book Thich Nhat Han gives a very simple prescription for what is known as mindfulness meditation: stop whatever you're doing, sit comfortably somewhere, and watch your in breath all the way, and then the out breath. That's it. Do it because it makes you happy. And since you are connected to everything else in the world around you, in space and in time through your ancestors and future generations, your happiness becomes everyone's happiness. Underlying all this is the basic assumption that each moment of your life is complete, and the source of true happiness. You don't need anything else other than this moment.

This instruction is absolutely minimal because the rest is up to you. It sets you off in an exploration of your own life, as it unfolds from moment to moment. The …

Subjects

  • Meditation
  • Buddhism