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Sales Rank: 10311
Category: Book
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher: Shambhala
Studio: Shambhala
Manufacturer: Shambhala
Label: Shambhala
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 120
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 1590304047
Dewey Decimal Number: 294
EAN: 9781590304044
ASIN: 1590304047
Publication Date: September 12, 2006
Release Date: September 12, 2006
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Product Description
In this little treasure, Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Zen monk, offers timeless insight into the nature of real love. With simplicity, warmth, and directness, he explores the four key aspects of love as described in the Buddhist tradition: lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and freedom?explaining how to experience them in our day-to-day lives. He also emphasizes that in order to love in a real way, we must first learn how to be fully present in our lives, and he offers simple techniques from the Buddhist tradition that anyone can use to establish the conditions of love.
Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, is an internationally known author, poet, scholar, and peace activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr.
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A Little Gem November 13, 2008
This is a short book about love, kindness and mindfulness by the eloquent Thich Nhat Hanh.
It teaches us how to open our hearts to our loved ones, friends, and even strangers. It is the perfect book to be inspired to give and receive true love.
I love his advise on opening up a dialog with a loved one by simply saying something to the effect of, "My love, I see you are suffering. When you suffer, I suffer. What can I do to help you not suffer?"
Highly recommended.
True Love November 4, 2008
I truly loved this book, simplistically written and simply encouraging. Totally opened the doors for me on other books written by Thich Nhat Hahn.
I am sure you will enjoy this easy read!
Learning deeply about love August 10, 2008
True love has learned me more about love in each chapter than any other book I have read.
Share it with the one you love and both of you can practice True love:)and your life will be happier and you'll understand mindfulness in a deeper way.
Amazingly practical and useful July 30, 2008
When settling in to read a book on love by a buddhist monk, I expected a fair amount of theory and not so much practical advice. I was wrong! In each chapter, the author first defines the components of true love. Then he gives readers solid, yet simple, steps to take to find/create that love. He even ties in references to Jesus to give the book even broader appeal to those not familiar with Buddhism. It's a great read, and much much much is packed into this relatively tiny book.
An Onion Layer Pealer June 2, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I just finished reading Thich Nhat Hanh's "True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart." This little 100 page meditation simply changed my perspective on many things.
Talking about a powerful read on how to show and demonstrate love in your life. It all comes back to mindful presence, being there, not just in body, but in full absolute awareness. A true demonstration of love is not monetary or even a gesture but the action of being truly present.
The book really helped me see things differently. If my soul was a gorgeous red onion, and the sweet, yet spicy heart was my true essence, then True Love peeled away a couple of layers to help me see things better. And it put the way I care for others into a perspective, some of which I really didn't want to see. I think the book made me a better person.
There many fantastic meditations, which get your mind to calm itself and focus on true love. It focuses on making oneself loving in your actions towards wife/husband, etc., rather than other-centric love. Though Buddhist at its heart, one of the things that makes Hanh so accessible is his ability to tie his meditation and theory back to Christian theology. In essence, he knows his reader is Western and caters to us.
The book begins with the four aspects of love, which Hanh describes as:
1) Maitri: Loving kindness
2) Karuna: Sympathy, or the ability to ease others pain
3) Mudita: Joyful loving
4) Upeksha: Freedom through love
Really, quite a good book if spirituality and/or matters of the heart are important to you.
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