Thich Nhat Hanh Paperback, 240 pages. These Five Wonderful Precepts - protecting life, acting with generosity, behaving responsibly in sexual relationships, speaking and listening deeply and mindfully, and avoiding substance abuse - are the basic statement of ethics and morality in Buddhism. Thich Nhat Hanh discusses the Five Precepts with fourteen prominent co-authors. Thich Nhat Hanh calls these Five Trainings a "diet for a mindful society", and he hopes we can all agree upon and practice moral guidelines that will allow us to sustain a compassionate and sane life together.
The contributers include: Robert Aitken, Richard Baker, Stephen Batchelor, Patricia Marx Ellsberg, Joan Halifax, Chan Khong, Maxine Hong Kingston, Jack Kornfield, Annabel Laity, Christopher Reed, Sulak Sivaraksa, Gary Snyder, David Steindl-Rast, and Arthur Waskow.
"At the foundation of each of these trainings is mindfulness. Mindfulness ensures a safe and happy present and a safe and happy future. I believe these Five Mindfulness Trainings are medicine for our time." Thich Nhat Hanh.
