Call Me By My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh

by Thich Nhat Hanh, Ocean Vuong (Introduction)

Overview

"Thich Nhat Hanh's work has proven to be the antidote to our modern pain and sorrows." —Ocean Vuong

The definitive poetry collection by the world renowned Zen master, peace activist, and author of The Miracle of Mindfulness

Though he is best known for his groundbreaking and accessible works on applying mindfulness to everyday life, Thich Nhat Hanh is also a distinguished poet and Nobel Peace Prize nominee. This stunning poetry collection explores these lesser-known facets of Nhat Hanh’s life, revealing not only his path to becoming a Zen meditation teacher but his skill as a poet, his achievements as a peace activist, and his experiences as a young refugee.

Through more than fifty poems spanning several decades, Nhat Hanh reveals the stories of his past—from his childhood in war-torn Vietnam to the beginnings of his own spiritual journey—and shares his ideas on how we can come together to create a more peaceful, compassionate world. Uplifting, insightful, and profound, Call Me By My True Names is at once an exquisite work of poetry and a portrait of one of the world’s greatest Zen masters and peacemakers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781952692260
Publisher:	Parallax Press
Publication date:	11/08/2022
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	128,387
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Thich Nhat Hanh was a world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist. Born in Vietnam in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than 100 books, which have sold more than four million copies in the United States alone. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace, his teachings on Buddhism as a path to social and political transformation are responsible for bringing the mindfulness movement to Western culture. He established the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in France, now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the heart of a growing community of mindfulness practice centers around the world. He passed away in 2022 at the age of 95 at his root temple, Tu Hieu, in Hue, Vietnam.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Historical Dimension

Message 8

Our Green Garden 10

Mudra 12

Experience 14

For Warmth 20

Night of Prayer 21

Recommendation 23

Structure of Suchness 25

Resolution 26

Those That Have Not Exploded 27

Let Me Give Back to Our Motherland 30

The Witness Remains 32

Peace 33

Flames of Prayer 34

Morning of Peace 39

The New Hamlet 41

A Prayer for Peace 44

That Is the Only Mind 46

Condemnation 48

The Sun of the Future 50

Flesh and Skin, Bricks and Tiles 53

The Lonely Watchtower 56

Here Are My Hands 59

Contemplation 62

The Fire That Consumes My Brother 65

In Memory of Alfred Hassler 67

The Torch of Poetry Is Still Shining 69

A Free White Cloud 70

East and West 74

The Empty Path 76

The Fruit of Awareness Is Ripe 77

I Met You in the Orphanage Yard 78

The Day I Get Rid of My Heart 80

Babita 82

The Boat People 84

A Lotus Just Bloomed on the Ocean 85

A Prayer for Land 87

Let Us Pray for Darkness O Sparkling Stars 89

Please Call Me by My True Names 92

The Fisherman and the Fish 95

Butterflies over the Golden Mustard Fields 97

I Am Back to Open the Old Pages 102

Homeland 104

The Song of No Coming and No Going 105

Existence 108

Little Star 109

Ultimate Dimension

The Sound of a Great Bird 112

The Beauty of Spring Blocks My Way 113

Unclasp 115

Silence 116

April 119

The Little Buffalo in Pursuit of the Sun 124

True Source 140

Looking for Each Other 142

At the Edge of the Forest 145

You Set Out This Morning 150

Beckoning 151

That Distant Autumn Morning 152

Calm 154

Disappearance 155

Drops of Emptiness 156

Journey 157

Illusion Transformed 158

Movement 159

The Afternoon River and the Earth's Soul 160

The Virtuous Man 161

Padmapani 162

Lanka 163

Strange Shores 164

Mind's Moon 166

Cao Phong 167

Armfuls of Poetry, Drops of Sunshine 168

In the Forest 171

Oneness 172

One Arrow, Two Illusions 173

The Old Mendicant 176

Apparition 178

The Story of a River 179

Interbeing 183

Love Poem 184

Interrelationship 188

You Are My Garden 189

Defuse Me 190

We Will Be Back Again 192

Full Moon Festival 193

Non-Duality 194

Voyage 197

Stopping the Wheel 200

Moon Viewing 202

Sunflower 203

[Untitled] 204

Birth and Death 205

The Great Lion's Roar 206

Getting into the Stream 213

I Will Say I Want It All 215

Zen Corners 217

Froglessness 218

Going in Circles 219

Twenty-Four Brand-New Hours 220

Renaissance 221

The Rainbow Children 223

[Untitled] 225

Our True Heritage 226

The Good News 227

Bhumisparsha 228

Refuge Prayer 230

Taking Refuge 232

[Untitled] 234

Walking Meditation 236

Each Step 237

Cuckoo Telephone 238

Earth Touching 240

Breathing 243

Open the Road Wider 245

About Thich Nhat Hanh 247