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The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation

By Thich Nhat Hanh , Mobi Ho , Vo-Dihn Mai

Book information

Publisher
Beacon Press
Year
1987
ISBN
0807012017, 9780807012017
LCC
BQ5618.V5 N4813 1987
Open Library ID
OL18315437M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2084335 bytes)
Edition
Revised
Pages
150\150
DPI
300
Time added
2011-01-23 12:00:00

Description

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 meditiation for psychological and physaial health, and the reader will need no particular religious orietation 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 contextx for being mindful are numerous and close at hand - washing the dishes, answering the telephone, drinking tea. His compassionate spirit and the method of meditation described here will help both beginners and advanced students arrive at greater self-understanding and peacefulness.

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