True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart

True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart

by Thich Nhat Hanh
True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart

True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart

by Thich Nhat Hanh

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Overview

In this little treasure, Thich Nhat Hanh offers a Buddhist view of love along with techniques for manifesting it in our daily lives. In his characteristically direct, simple, and compassionate style, he explores the four key aspects of love as described in the Buddhist tradition: loving kindness, compassion, joy, and freedom.

In order to love in a real way, Thich Nhat Hanh explains, we need to learn how to be fully present in our lives. In True Love he offers readers the technique of conscious breathing as a method for synchronizing the mind and body to establish the conditions of love. He goes on to offer a mantra practice for generating love that consists of expressing four key statements or intentions in our relationships. These include: "Dear one, I am really there for you"; "Dear one, I know that you are there, and I am really happy about it"; "Dear one, I know that you are suffering, and that is why I am here for you"; and "Dear one, I am suffering, please help me."

In the concluding section of the book, Thich Nhat Hanh explains how love can help us to heal our own pain, fear, and negativity. He explains that we must not regard negative emotions as bad and repress them. We must recognize them as part of us and allow them into our consciousness, where they can be cared for by the "loving mother of mindfulness."


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781590309391
Publisher: Shambhala
Publication date: 10/11/2011
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 105,559
Product dimensions: 4.30(w) x 6.60(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

A Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, THICH NHAT HANH was an internationally known author, poet, scholar, and peace activist, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr. He is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling Living Buddha, Living Christ; Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames; Peace Is Every Step; and The Miracle of Mindfulness. He founded monastic communities in France, Vermont, and California. He passed away peacefully at the age of 95 in January 2022.

Table of Contents

1The Four Aspects of Love1
2Love Is Being There5
3Recognizing the Presence of the Other13
4Being There When Someone Is Suffering19
5Overcoming Pride23
6Deep Listening33
7Learning to Speak with Love Again39
8Restoring Peace within Yourself43
9The Energy of Mindfulness49
10Caring for Our Pain55
11The Principle of Nonduality65
12Reconciliation71
13Coming to Life Again81
14Telephone Meditation85
15Everybody Should Practice Mindfulness91
16Getting Rid of Our Concepts95
About the Author103
Thich Nhat Hanh's Practice Centers105
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