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How to Smile
Mindfulness Essentials (Book 10)
- Author
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrator
- John Sackville
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 23 April 2024
- Run Time
- 1 hour 28 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The final book in the bestselling How To series: simple, refreshing meditations of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh give us inspiration and tools for transforming our suffering and cultivating happiness.
In inspiring passages and simple exercises, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us what he calls “the art of suffering.” He gives us teachings and tools for transforming suffering as well as ways to touch moments of happiness and smile even while suffering is still there.
Written with characteristic simplicity and wisdom, these insightful meditations—born from the Zen master’s lifetime of Zen practice and peacemaking—teach us how to come back to ourselves, calm our body and mind, and not let suffering overwhelm us. When we’re willing to face our suffering and look deeply into it, we begin to understand its origins. Transformation and healing become possible, and along with it a greater capacity to understand the suffering of others and resolve conflicts in our relationships.
Creating peace and understanding in ourselves and our relationships in this way is essential for helping create true understanding and peace in our communities, society, and the world. Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices for transforming our own suffering, listening deeply to the suffering of others, and especially how to cultivate our own smile and happiness.
Critics Review
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“Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man, for he is humble and devout. He is a scholar of immense intellectual capacity. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., praise for the author
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“Thich Nhat Hanh’s work, on and off the page, has proven to be the antidote to our modern pain and sorrows. His books help me be more human, more me than I was before.”
Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, praise for the author
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Details
- Author
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrator
- John Sackville
- Duration
- 1 hour 28 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 April 2024
- ISBN
- 9798212662871
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude, Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization, Mindfulness, Mind, body, spirit: thought and practice
Synopsis
The final book in the bestselling How To series: simple, refreshing meditations of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh give us inspiration and tools for transforming our suffering and cultivating happiness.In inspiring passages and simple exercises, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us what he calls “the art of suffering.” He gives us teachings and tools for transforming suffering as well as ways to touch moments of happiness and smile even while suffering is still there.Written with characteristic simplicity and wisdom, these insightful meditations—born from the Zen master’s lifetime of Zen practice and peacemaking—teach us how to come back to ourselves, calm our body and mind, and not let suffering overwhelm us. When we’re willing to face our suffering and look deeply into it, we begin to understand its origins. Transformation and healing become possible, and along with it a greater capacity to understand the suffering of others and resolve conflicts in our relationships.Creating peace and understanding in ourselves and our relationships in this way is essential for helping create true understanding and peace in our communities, society, and the world. Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices for transforming our own suffering, listening deeply to the suffering of others, and especially how to cultivate our own smile and happiness.
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