The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices

ISBN: 1937006344

Author: Nhat Hanh, Thich

Condition: New

Join Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh as he explores 5 essential mindfulness practices that offer a blueprint for healthy, compassionate living-no matter your spiritual path or background.The Five Mindfulness Trainings (also referred to as Precepts)-not to kill, steal, commit adultery, lie, or take intoxicants-are the basic statement of ethics and morality in Buddhism. Zen Master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh argues eloquently for their applicability in our daily lives and on a global scale. Nhat Hanh discusses the value and meaning of each precept, offering insights into the role that it could play in our changing society.Thich Nhat Hanh calls the trainings a diet for a mindful society. With this book, he offers a Buddhist contribution to the current thinking on how we can come together to define secular, moral guidelines that will allow us to explore and sustain a sane, compassionate, and healthy way of living. The Five Mindfulness Trainings offer a path to restoring meaning and value in our world-whether called virtues, ethics, moral conduct, or precepts they are guidelines for living without bringing harm to others.