Truly Seeing
by Thich Nhat HANH (9781888375398)

Based on the story of the Zen student asking his teacher for his most advanced teaching, Thich Nhat Hanh shares his own experiences on how to take care of sadness, anger, loss, injustice and how to transform the seeds of suffering we have inherited from past generations. Using examples and often humorous stories, the topics of this classic talk offers concrete practices and teachings. Life can only be found in the present moment. Based on the story of the Zen student asking his teacher for his most advanced teaching, Thich Nhat Hanh shares his own experiences on how to tend to the present moment and take care of sadness, anger, loss, and injustice. Using examples and often humorous stories, the topics offer concrete practices and contain teachings that led to the author's best-selling books. This version of "Truly Seeing is digitally re-mastered from the original analog recordings of this classic talk given during a retreat in 1989.

One of the best known and most respected Zen masters in the world today, poet, and peace and human rights activist, Thich Nhat Hanh has led an extraordinary life. Born in central Vietnam in 1926 he joined the monkshood at the age of sixteen. The Vietnam War confronted the monasteries with the question of whether to adhere to the contemplative life and remain meditating in the monasteries, or to help the villagers suffering under bombings and other devastation of the war.

Nhat Hanh was one of those who chose to do both, helping to found the "engaged Buddhism" movement. His life has since been dedicated to the work of inner transformation for the benefit of individuals and society.

Thich Nhat Hanh continues to live in Plum Village in the meditation community he founded, where he teaches, writes, and gardens; and he leads retreats worldwide on "the art of mindful living."

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