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The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology

The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology - Paperback

by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Availability:In StockContributor:Thich Nhat Hanh, Alan Weisman (Foreword by)Publish date:2004-08-09Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Parallax PressISBN-13:9781888375886ISBN-10:1888375884UPC:9781888375886Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:BuddhismBook Topic:ZenSize:6.30 x 4.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCZXDDR66R
In this provocative book, noted Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh offers a dramatic vision of the future of a planet overheated by rapidly disappearing fossil fuels, degraded by massive overconsumption, and besieged by unsupportable population growth. Hanh finds answers to these critical problems in the Buddhist teaching of the impermanence of all things. He demonstrates how this teaching can offer inner peace and help us use our collective wisdom and technology to restore the Earth's balance. Mixing inspiring insights with practical strategies, Hanh cites projects his own monastic community has undertaken that can serve as models for any community. Both his " No Car Day," observed once a week, and the "Earth Peace Treaty Commitment Sheet" can impact our ecological footprint on the Earth. Above all, he shows how acceptance of problems is that first critical step toward a deeper understanding of the best way to care for our Earth.

Includes Thich Nhat Hanh's speech at UNESCO from October 2006 introducing his proposal for a global "No Car Day."

Foreword by Alan Weisman.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Parallax PressISBN-13:9781888375886ISBN-10:1888375884UPC:9781888375886Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:BuddhismBook Topic:ZenSize:6.30 x 4.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCZXDDR66R
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.
Publisher: Parallax Press

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Thich Nhat Hanh, Alan Weisman (Foreword by)

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Thich Nhat Hanh

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