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  • Published: 15 August 2013
  • ISBN: 9781448176847
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 176

The Art of Communicating




Beloved Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh reveals the secret to authentically connecting with yourself and the world.

'Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth' The Dalai Lama

How do we say what we truly mean? How can we learn to listen with compassion and understanding? How do we find true connection with one another?

Celebrated Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh shares the five steps to truly mindful communication. Drawing on his experience working with couples, families, colleagues and even on international conflict, the world's most famous monk has created a simple guide to communicating with yourself, others and the world.

'The monk who taught the world mindfulness' Time

  • Published: 15 August 2013
  • ISBN: 9781448176847
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 176

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 The Art of Communicating

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.

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

The monk who taught the world mindfulness

Time

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

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

Elizabeth Gilbert

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

Alejandro Iñárritu, director of Birdman and The Revenant