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Answers from the Heart
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 9.99'Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between inner peace and peace on Earth.'' His Holiness the Dalai Lama.... What is the right way to live? How do I balance my work and my family? Why do I worry, even when everything is okay? How can I repair my relationship with my parents? In Answers from the Heart, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh... more...
Beyond the Self
Parallax Press 2009; US$ 6.99One of the Buddha's most central ideas is the importance of transcending ?either/or? thinking to avoid the trap of extremist views. In Beyond the Self Thich Nhat Hanh suggests that we can find tranquility by embracing all aspects of life, instead of focusing on what we like and dislike. The book contains Nhat Hanh's original translation of the Sutra... more...
The Biographies of Rechungpa
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95This book traces the lifestory of Rechungpa (1084-1161) - the student of the famous teacher Milarepa - using rare and little-known manuscripts, and discovers how the image of both Milarepa and Rechungpa underwent fundamental transformations over a period of over three centuries. Peter Alan Roberts compares significant episodes in the life of Rechungpa... more...
Buddha Mind, Buddha Body
Parallax Press 2009; US$ 12.99Buddha Mind, Buddha Body expands upon the themes in Thich Nhat Hanh?s book Understanding Our Mind. It opens with the question: Is free will possible? This concept becomes a leitmotif as the author considers how the mind functions and how we can work with it to cultivate more freedom and understanding, how to be in closer touch with reality, and... more...
Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 44.95Hagiographies or idealized biographies which recount the lives of saints, bodhisattvas and other charismatic figures have been the meeting place for myth and experience. In medieval Europe, the 'lives of saints' were read during liturgical celebrations and the texts themselves were treated as sacred objects. In Japan, it was believed that those who... more...
Dreaming the Great Brahmin
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 74.99Explores the creation and recreation of Buddhist saints through narratives, poetry, art, ritual, and even dream visions. This book offers a comprehensive cultural and literary history of the well-known Indian Buddhist poet saint Saraha, known as the Great Brahmin. more...
Dreaming Me
Wisdom Publications 2012; US$ 16.95Jan Willis is not Baptist or Buddhist. She is simply both. Dreaming Me is the story of her life, from growing up a Baptist in the segregated South, dealing with racism in an Ivy League college, and becoming involved with the Black Panther Party to traveling to a Tibetan Buddhist monastery. It was upon meeting the great teacher Lama Yeshe that... more...
Fragrant Palm Leaves
Penguin Group US 1999; US$ 14.00Best known for his Buddhist teachings, Thich Nhat Hanh has lived in exile from his native Vietnam since 1966. These remarkable early journals reveal not only an exquisite portrait of the Zen master as a young man, but the emergence of a great poet and literary voice of Vietnam. From his years as a student and teaching assistant at Princeton and Columbia,... more...
Good Citizens
Parallax Press 2012; US$ 12.99In Good Citizens: Creating Enlightened Society , Thich Nhat Hanh lays out the foundation for an international solidarity movement based on a shared sense of compassion, mindful consumption, and right action. Following these principles, he believes, is the path to world peace. The book is based on our increased global interconnectedness and subsequent... more...
Heaven and Earth Are Flowers
Wisdom Publications 2012; US$ 16.95In this lovely, meditative exploration of Ikebana ? the Japanese art of flower arranging ? Joan Stamm shows us how her twin paths of Buddhist practice and artistic endeavor converge and indeed become thoroughly intertwined. In reflecting on the fading of a lovely bloom, the author understands impermanence; when she shows us the natural symmetry of... more...









