Peace Is Every Step
In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him a ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our true selves. Dirty dishes, red lights, and traffic jams are spiritual friends on the path to "mindfulness"—the process of keeping our consciousness alive to our present experience and reality. The most profound satisfactions, the deepest feelings of joy and completeness lie as close at hand as our next aware breath and the smile we can form right now. Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries and meditations, personal anecdotes and stories from Nhat Hanh's experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the reader already is—in the kitchen, office, driving a car, walking a part—and shows how deep meditative presence is available now. Nhat Hanh provides exercises to increase our awareness of our own body and mind through conscious breathing, which can bring immediate joy and peace. Nha
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Vietnamese Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh offers a slim collection of practices for everyday awareness, from breathing through traffic and red lights to tending suffering, anger, and the body's small joys.
Peace Is Every Step was written by Thich Nhat Hanh and published in 1991. Thich Nhat Hanh was a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk and one of the most influential Buddhist teachers to write for Western audiences.
Peace Is Every Step is rooted in Buddhist mindfulness practice but written for a general audience. Readers from many religious traditions find it accessible. The exercises focus on present-moment awareness rather than doctrine.
Peace Is Every Step is 134 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Peace Is Every Step takes most readers 2 to 3 hours to finish.
Peace Is Every Step is a standalone novel by Thích Nhất Hạnh, not part of a series.
Peace Is Every Step is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
