The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

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Harmony/Rodale, Jul 22, 2015 - Religion - 304 pages

With poetry and clarity, Thich Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering and its role in creating compassion, love, and joy – all qualities of enlightenment. 

“Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal, inner peace, and peace on earth.”—His Holiness the Dalai Lama

In The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, now revised with added material and new insights, Nhat Hanh introduces us to the core teachings of Buddhism and shows us that the Buddha’s teachings are accessible and applicable to our daily lives.

Covering such significant teachings as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Doors of Liberation, the Three Dharma Seals, and the Seven Factors of Awakening, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching is a radiant beacon on Buddhist thought for the initiated and uninitiated alike.


 

Contents

Entering the Heart of the Buddha
3
The Four Noble Truths
9
Is Everything Suffering?
19
Touching Our Suffering
28
Realizing WellBeing
41
The Noble Eightfold Path
49
Right Thinking
59
Right Speech
84
The Three Dharma Seals
131
The Three Doors of Liberation
146
The Three Bodies of Buddha
156
CoArising
221
Touching the Buddha Within
249
Turning the Wheel of the Dharma
257
105
277
The Six Paramitas 193
283

Right Action
94
Right Concentration
105
Right Livelihood
113
The Two Truths
121

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About the author (2015)

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet, and peacemaker who was nominated by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the Nobel Peace Prize. The author of many books, including Living Buddha, Living Christ, he lives in France in the monastic community known as Plum Village and lectures and gives retreats regularly in North America.

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