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The Art of Living

Written by: Thích Nhất Hạnh
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Gabra Zackman
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In troubled times there is an urgency to understand ourselves and our world. We have so many questions, and they tug at us night and day, consciously and unconsciously. In this important volume, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh - one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today - reveals an art of living in mindfulness that helps us answer life's deepest questions and experience the happiness and freedom we desire.

Thich Nhat Hanh presents, for the first time, seven transformative meditations that open up new perspectives on our lives, our relationships, and our interconnectedness with the world around us. Based on the last full talks before his sudden hospitalization, and drawing on intimate examples from his own life, Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how these seven meditations can free us to live happy, peaceful, and active lives and face ageing and dying with curiosity and joy and without fear.

Containing the essence of the Buddha's teachings and Thich Nhat Hanh's poignant, timeless, and clarifying prose, The Art of Living provides a spiritual dimension to our lives. This is not an effort to escape life or to dwell in a place of bliss outside of this world. Instead this path will allow us to discover where we come from and where we are going. And, most of all, it will generate happiness, understanding, and love, so we can live deeply in each moment of our lives, right where we are.

©2017 Unified Buddhist Church, Inc. (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

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Simply Beautiful

Thank you teacher Tinch Nhat Hanh.
Thank you Gabra Zackman and Edoardo Ballerini, for the beautiful narration 🙏

Loved the book, the teachings are simple, calming and I truly appreciate how this has centered me. Started listening to this audio book, at a time I was feeling disoriented. The first chapter was good enough to put me at ease. Ended the book feeling calm and just 'being'. There is a lingering feeling that 'this is doable' cause it is to be done 'mindfully'. Thank you once again 🙏

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Powerful and Practical

If you want to do anything with spirituality, this is the book you must listen to or read! Thich Nhat Hanh makes it easy to understand, practical and simple to apply the learning. Powerful concepts explained beautifully in a simple manner.

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Enriching

This is expectedly a book that goes deep in the depths of mindfulness. Its brilliance lies in the fact that it explores so many difficult areas absolutely effortlessly and generates and infectious confidence in the reader to dig deeper and palpate the solutions here and now. The sentence "you can experience Nirvana here and now" explains everything that this book has to offer.

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Mindfull Living

Living life well, requires all rounded awareness, that Lotus can thrive in pond that has both water and mud. So is our life. We are in this body here on planet Earth and with so much to figure out to do or not do that we often find so much pain and suffering all along. It is here that we have to be mindfull that we are on a journey in this life and that we are here to experience, the good, bad and ugly, all in a mess. The task is to come out of the mess in a time span of life. Our task is to use our body hands and feet to move, for mind to know, and emotions to keep us in balance, and work our way upwards as Lotus, unspoiled by mud or water where it has grown. From the mess we have to bring out the message that life is what we make of it, as does the Lotus in the pond.

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loved it

changed my thoughts about life
loved it and a really wonderful listen
beautiful voice nice work

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Clarity for Now

Thai at his best as integrator of science and spirituality as we evolve into Homo Conscious from Sapiens🙏

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Great perspective

Really calming. Seeing life in this perspective makes us happier and content. Glad i read.

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Simple book, profound knowledge.

Recommend reading by young and old, it's never too early nor too late to understand these hard facts and ways of life. the ways to live and live happily.

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Profound and soulful

Lived it. it was easy listening,breaking many preconceptions . A definitive guide on Art of living.

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Nice.

I loved it. A great guide to live mindfully. This book will add a new perspective to world view.

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