How to Eat - Couverture souple

Nhat Hanh, Thich

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1937006727 ISBN 13 : 9781937006723

Editeur : Parallax Press, 2014

Synopsis

An invitation to a joyful and sustainable relationship with all aspects of eating, including gardening, food shopping, preparing, serving, and even cleaning up after a meal. 

The second book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series, a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces everyone to the essentials of mindfulness practice.

These short meditations cover everything from eating with others and enjoying our food to connecting with the Earth. How to Eat is a welcome reminder that the benefits of mindful eating are both personal and global. 

With sumi-ink drawings by Jason DeAntonis.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Thich Nhat Hanh was a world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist. Born in Vietnam in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than 100 books, which have sold more than four million copies in the United States alone. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace, his teachings on Buddhism as a path to social and political transformation are responsible for bringing the mindfulness movement to Western culture. He established the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in France, now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the heart of a growing community of mindfulness practice centers around the world. He passed away in 2022 at the age of 95 at his root temple, Tu Hieu, in Hue, Vietnam.

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SLOWING DOWN



When we can slow down and really enjoy our food, our life takes on a much deeper
quality. I love to sit and eat quietly and enjoy each bite, aware of the presence of my community, aware of all the hard and loving work that has gone into my food. When I eat in this way, not only am I physically nourished, I am also spiritually nourished. The way I eat influences everything else that I do during the day.



Eating is as important a time for medita¬tion as sitting or walking meditation time. It’s a chance to receive the many gifts of the Earth that I would not otherwise benefit from if my mind were elsewhere. Here is a verse I like to recite when I eat:



In the dimension of space and time,



We chew as rhythmically as we breathe.



Maintaining the lives of all our ancestors,



Opening an upward path for descendants.



We can use the time of eating to nourish the best things our relatives have passed onto us and to transmit what is most precious to future generations

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Parallax Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1937006727
• ISBN 13: 9781937006723
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible