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Beacon Press
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Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2892
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Beacon Press books
are published under the auspices of
the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.
© 1975,1976 by Thich Nhat Hanh
Preface and English translation © 1975,1976,1987
by Mobi Ho
Afterword © 1976 by James Forest
Artwork © 1987 by Vo-Dinh Mai
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
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The Library of Congress catalogued the previous paperback edition as follows:
Nhat Hanh, Thich.
The miracle of mindfulness. Translation of Phep la cua su tinh thuc. ISBN 0-8070-1232-7 (cloth) ISBN 0-8070-1239-4 (paper) 1. Meditation (Buddhism) 2. Buddhist meditations. I. Title. BQ5618.V5N4813 1987 294.3'433 87-42582
Contents
Translator's Preface by Mobi Ho vii
One
The Essential Discipline 1
Two
The Miracle Is to Walk on Earth 11
Three
A Day of Mindfulness 27
Four
The Pebble 33
Five
One Is All, All Is One: The Five Aggregates 45
Six
The Almond Tree in Your Front Yard 55
Seven
Three Wondrous Answers 69
Exercises in Mindfulness 79
Nhat Hanh: Seeing with the Eyes of Compassion by James Forest 101
Selection of Buddhist Sutras 109
Translator's Preface
The Miracle of Mindfulness was originally written in Vietnamese as a long letter to Brother Quang, a main staff member of the School of Youth for Social Service in South Vietnam in 1974. Its author, the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, had founded the School in the 1960s as an outgrowth of "engaged Buddhism." It drew young people deeply committed to acting in a spirit of compassion. Upon graduation, the students used the training they received to respond to the needs of peasants caught in the turmoil of the war. They helped rebuild bombed villages, teach children, set up medical stations, and organize agricultural cooperatives.
The workers' methods of reconciliation were often misunderstood in the atmosphere of fear and mistrust engendered by the war. They persistently refused to support either armed party
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and believed that both sides were but the reflection of one reality, and the true enemies were not people, but ideology, hatred, and ignorance. Their stance threatened those engaged in the conflict, and in the first years of the School, a series of attacks were carried out against the students. Several were kidnapped and murdered. As the war dragged on, even after the Paris Peace Accords were signed in 1973, it seemed at times impossible not to succumb to exhaustion and bitterness. Continu ............

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