Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices
Thich Nhat Hanh
Language: English
Pages: 120
ISBN: 1888375914
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Thich Nhat Hanh's central teaching is that, through mindfulness, we can learn to live in the present moment instead of in the past and in the future. It’s only way to truly develop peace, both in one's self and in the world. Now, for the first time, all of Thich Nhat Hanh’s key practices are collected in one accessible and easy-to-use volume. Happiness is structured to introduce those new to Buddhist teachings as well as for more experienced practitioners, Happiness is the quintessential resource of mindfulness practices. Integrating these practices into daily life allows the reader to begin to cultivate peace and joy within him/herself, leading to solidity and freedom from fear, misunderstanding, and suffering.
With the practices offered in Happiness Thich Nhat Hanh encourages the reader to learn to do all the things they do in daily life with mindfulness; to walk, sit, work, eat, and drive, with full awareness of what they are doing. It can bring about a shift towards one of the principles of engaged Buddhism, a shift towards practicing mindfulness in every moment of the day and not just while ‘formally’ meditating.
Thich Nhat Hanh encourages his readers to "try to be intelligent and skillful in their practice, approaching every aspect of the practice with curiosity and a sense of search. It’s important to practice with understanding and not just for the form and appearance. Enjoy your practice with a relaxed and gentle attitude, with an open mind and receptive heart."
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hall. While cooking, allow enough time so you don’t feel rushed. Be aware that you, and anyone else you’re cooking for, depend on this food for their practice. This awareness will guide you to cook healthy food infused with your love and mindfulness. When you’re cleaning the kitchen or washing dishes, do it as if you’re cleaning the altar in the meditation hall or washing the baby Buddha. Washing in this way, you can feel joy and peace radiate within and around you. Washing the dishes is like
opportunity to sign a treaty with our bodies, our feelings, and our emotions. Once we make a peace treaty with them, we can have some peace, and we can begin to be reconciled with our beloved. If there is a war inside us, it is very easy to start a war with our beloved, not to mention with our enemies. The way we talk to our loved ones and the way we act toward them determines if we are treating them as loved ones or as enemies. If our beloved is our enemy, how can we hope to have peace in this
anger comes up, then you cannot continue to listen. You have to practice in such a way that every time the energy of irritation and anger comes up, you can breathe in and out mindfully and continue to hold compassion within you. It is with compassion that you can listen to another. No matter what the other person says, even if there is a lot of strong information and injustice in his way of seeing things, even if he condemns or blames you, continue to sit very quietly breathing in and out. If
energy to flow through me, and ask for their support, protection, and strength. In gratitude, I bow to all generations of ancestors in my Spiritual family. I see in myself my teachers, the ones who show me the way of love and understanding, the way to breathe, smile, forgive, and live deeply in the present moment. I open my heart and my body to receive the energy of understanding, loving kindness, and protection from the Awakened Ones, their teachings, and the community of practice over many
This meditation is best practiced in the sitting position because in the half lotus or lotus position your body feels very stable and solid. Even if someone comes and pushes you, you will not fall. After you place the second pebble in your left hand, begin to meditate on the mountain. Breathing in, I See myself as a mountain. Breathing out, I feel Solid. Repeat mountain/solid three times. When you are solid, you are no longer shaky in your body and in your mind. The third pebble represents
