TheMiracleofMindfulness_AnIntroductionto.epub

Beacon Press 25 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2892 www.beacon.org Beacon Press books are published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. © 1975,1976 by Thich Nhat Hanh Preface and English translation © 1975,1976,1987 by Mobi Ho Afterword © 1976 by James Forest Artwork © 1987 by Vo-Dinh Mai All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 06 05 11 10 9 8 7 The Library of Congress catalogued the previous paperback edition as follows: Nhat Hanh, Thich. The miracle of mindfulness. Translation of Phep la cua su tinh thuc. ISBN 0- 8070-1232-7 (cloth) ISBN 0-8070-1239-4 (paper) 1. Meditation (Buddhism) 2. Buddhist meditations. I. Title. BQ5618.V5N4813 1987 294.3'433 87- 42582 Contents Translator's Preface by Mobi Ho vii One The Essential Discipline 1 Two The Miracle Is to Walk on Earth 11 Three A Day of Mindfulness 27 Four The Pebble 33 Five One Is All, All Is One: The Five Aggregates 45 Six The Almond Tree in Your Front Yard 55 Seven Three Wondrous Answers 69 Exercises in Mindfulness 79 Nhat Hanh: Seeing with the Eyes of Compassion by James ......