Product Description

Thich Nhat Hanh says: 'Our biggest fear is that we will become nothing when we die. If we think that we cease to exist when we die, we have not looked very deeply at ourselves.' With his usual blend of stories, exquisite analogies and guided meditations, Thich Nhat Hanh takes the reader through the same examination of death, fear and the nature of existence that Buddhist monks and nuns have been performing in their meditations for 2500 years. The understanding of no death comes from exploding the myth of how we think we exist. Knowing how we actually exist produces the state of no fear. This is a new subject for Thich Nhat Hanh and many people will turn to him for his help with fear and death, just as they did for his help with anger.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29120 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08-08
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .39" h x .39" w x .39" l, .55 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
'(Thich Nhat Hanh) shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth' His Holiness the Dalai Lama 'Thich Nhat Hanh writes with the voice of the Buddha' Sogyal Rinpoche

About the Author
Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese poet, bestselling author and peace activist, has been a Buddhist monk for over 40 years. He was chairman of the Vietnamese Buddhist Peace delegation during the Vietnam War and was nominated by Dr Martin Luther King for the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1966 he visited the US and Europe on a peace mission and was unable to return to his native land. Today he heads Plum Village, a meditation community in south-western France, where he teaches, writes, gardens and aids refugees worldwide.

Customer Reviews

Simple, profound.
This book does not provide easy answers to the issue of death; rather, Thich Nhat Hanh sets out to teach a new way of looking at life and thereby to affect how we view death. Adopting a new view of life is not something that happens quickly or easily - it may take many years of practice, and undoing our existing conditioning. However, the analogies and stories that he tells in this book have a beautiful simplicity about them that makes them memorable; I suspect that underneath their simplicity is a profundity that I have yet to appreciate. I love all of Thich Nhat Hanh's books that I have read so far - this is no exception.

Life, the universe and everything:-)
A little repetitive, but otherwise a wonderful explanation of a buddhist view of life and death.
It confirms the realisations I had before I learned that they were buddhist.
I think many people in many different circumstances - the dying, the infertile, those with no long term relationship, the atheist, those in any sort of difficult circumstance, would find comfort from this book.

Simple clear writing style provides a view of death that teaches about impermanence and the interbeing of all things
The book offers a way to regard life that addresses the fear most people have of death. He says that our true being is not segmented by birth or death. It exists across space and time, manifesting only when causes and conditions are right. Nhat Hanh uses metaphors and simple illustrations to reveal that our human life is just a temporary manifestation, much like a wave on the ocean.

I really liked Thich Nhat Hanh's clear, pure and simple writing style, providing a view of death that teaches us about impermanence and the interbeing of all things. This is a great companion book to The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying.