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  • Published: 2 November 2021
  • ISBN: 9781846043185
  • Imprint: Rider
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $24.99

Fear

Essential Wisdom for Getting Through The Storm



The world's most famous monk Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us how to overcome and embrace the emotion of fear.

'Thich Nhat Hanh does not merely teach peace; Thich Nhat Hanh is peace' Elizabeth Gilbert

When we're not held in the grip of fear, we can truly embrace the gifts of life.
Learn how to overcome the worries, insecurities and fears that hold you back in this perspective-shifting book. Drawing on his years of experience as a celebrated Zen master, Thich Nhat Hanh shows that by mastering the practices of mindfulness you can learn to identify the sources of pain that cause fear and move past them to live a mindful and happy life.

'The monk who taught the world mindfulness' Time

  • Published: 2 November 2021
  • ISBN: 9781846043185
  • Imprint: Rider
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Thich Nhat Hanh

Born in Hue, Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh is a Buddhist Zen Master, poet, scholar and human rights activist. In 1967, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King. He founded the Van Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon, the School of Youth and Social Service and the Plum Village Buddhist community and meditation centre in France, where he lived for many years. He is the author of many acclaimed books including Peace is Every Step, Old Path White Clouds and Fear, which have sold millions of copies around the world. He lives at the Tu Hieu Temple in Vietnam where he was first ordained when he was sixteen years old.

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Praise for Fear

Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth

The Dalai Lama

Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man, for he is humble and devout. He is a scholar of immense intellectual capacity. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thich Nhat Hanh does not merely teach peace; Thich Nhat Hanh is peace

Elizabeth Gilbert

Thich Nhat Hanh's work, on and off the page, has proven to be the antidote to our modern pain and sorrows ... His books help me be more human, more me than I was before

Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

The monk who taught the world mindfulness

Time

Mindfulness has become a serious movement, now with champions among policy makers as well as Buddhists. Thich Nhat Hanh is one of its guiding spirits

The Times Literary Supplement

Thich Nhat Hanh's words are like water. Simple, pure, transparent, and absolutely indispensable for life

Alejandro Iñárritu, director of Birdman and The Revenant