The Blooming of a Lotus

Essential Guided Meditations for Mindfulness, Healing, and Transformation

Translated by Plum Village
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On sale Feb 15, 2022 | 200 Pages | 9780807017890

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One of the world's great meditation teachers offers thirty-four guided exercises that will bring both beginning and experienced practitioners into closer touch with their bodies, their inner selves, their families, and the world. Compassionate and wise, Thich Nhat Hanh's healing words help us acknowledge and dissolve anger and separation by illuminating the way toward the miracle of mindfulness.
PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE
Mindfulness of the Body

CHAPTER TWO
Feelings and Mental Formations

CHAPTER THREE
The Objects of Mind

CHAPTER FOUR
Prefaces to Guide Meditation

CHAPTER FIVE
Touching the Earth

APPENDIX
Ceremony for Reciting the Five Mindfulness Trainings

RESOURCES
Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese monk, renowned Zen master, poet, and peace activist. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1967 and is the author of many books, including the best-selling The Miracle of Mindfulness.
“Any one of these meditations, if practiced with sincerity and wholeheartedness, can make the richness of the present moment apparent and bring you closer to yourself.”
—Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Wherever You Go, There You Are

“He shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth.”
—His Holiness The Dalai Lama

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One of the world's great meditation teachers offers thirty-four guided exercises that will bring both beginning and experienced practitioners into closer touch with their bodies, their inner selves, their families, and the world. Compassionate and wise, Thich Nhat Hanh's healing words help us acknowledge and dissolve anger and separation by illuminating the way toward the miracle of mindfulness.

Table of Contents

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE
Mindfulness of the Body

CHAPTER TWO
Feelings and Mental Formations

CHAPTER THREE
The Objects of Mind

CHAPTER FOUR
Prefaces to Guide Meditation

CHAPTER FIVE
Touching the Earth

APPENDIX
Ceremony for Reciting the Five Mindfulness Trainings

RESOURCES

Author

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese monk, renowned Zen master, poet, and peace activist. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1967 and is the author of many books, including the best-selling The Miracle of Mindfulness.

Praise

“Any one of these meditations, if practiced with sincerity and wholeheartedness, can make the richness of the present moment apparent and bring you closer to yourself.”
—Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Wherever You Go, There You Are

“He shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth.”
—His Holiness The Dalai Lama

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