The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of MeditationIn this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness--being awake and fully aware. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange, he reminds us that each moment holds within it an opportunity to work toward greater self-understanding and peacefulness. |
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Anapanasati arising Bodhisattva breath-body Buddha Calming the activity charnel ground clings to naught compassion contemplating mental objects contemplating the body Continue covetousness and grief cultivated and regularly day of mindfulness develops the enlightenment-factor emperor equanimity Experiencing the whole Factors of Enlightenment feelings in feelings five aggregates five hindrances Follow your breath Foundations of Mindfulness four Foundations four noble truths full or half half lotus half smile hermit impermanence interdependence knowledge and mindfulness lives contemplating dissolution-factors lives contemplating mental lives contemplating origination-and-dissolution-factors lives contemplating origination-factors lives detached long breath maintain mindfulness Maintain the half meditation mental objects internally mindfulness is established Mindfulness of Breathing Miracle of Mindfulness monk develops monk lives contemplating Nonreturning objects in mental one’s breath person Plum Village practice mindfulness reality regularly practiced seven Factors short breath suffering Sutra take hold tangerine Thich Nhat Hanh thing trains Translated Vietnam walking wash the dishes wondrous