> Skip to content
Play sample
  • Published: 2 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9781846045790
  • Imprint: Rider
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $12.99

How To Fight




How to deal with conflict through compassion, gentleness and generosity, by the revered Zen master and ‘father of mindfulness’.

Thich Nhat Hanh is the subject of the major documentary Walk With Me narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch


'Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man...a scholar of immense intellectual capacity' Martin Luther King

Learn how to bring love and compassion into an angry situation.

Many of us don't know how to handle strong emotions and our distorted perceptions can make us feel angry or filled with despair. Here, 'the father of mindfulness' teaches us to look deeply at the root of our anger. To see clearly, we must calm down. He shows us how, when insight is born, we will be free.

How To Fight is a pocket-sized guide to life by one of the best known Zen masters in the world, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Published: 2 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9781846045790
  • Imprint: Rider
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $12.99

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.

Also by Thich Nhat Hanh

See all

Praise for How To Fight

Thich Nhat Hanh is a holy man...a scholar of immense intellectual capacity

Martin Luther King

The father of mindfulness

Irish Times

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

His Holiness the Dalai Lama