Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living [Paperback]

InTouching Peace, Thich Nhat Hanh expands the teachings on practicing the art of mindful living begun in the best selling Being Peace by giving specific, practical instructions on extending our meditation practice into our daily lives. The book reminds us to focus on what is refreshing and healing within and all around us, and how, paired with the practice of mindful breathing, it can be used as the basis for examining the roots of war and violence, alcoholism and drug abuse, and social alienation.

Touching Peace offers Thich Nhat Hanh’s vision for rebuilding society through strengthening our families and communities, and realizing the ultimate dimension of reality in each act of our daily lives. The book concludes with the author’s profound vision and determination to make efforts to alleviate the suffering of all people.

Included are such classic Thich Nhat Hanh practices as the conflict resolution tool of the Peace Treaty; his thoughts on a diet for a mindful society based on his interpretation of the 5 Mindfulness Trainings, and his early writings on the environment.

When we touch peace everything becomes real. –Thich Nhat Hanh

With 10 original illustrations by Mayumi OdaThich Nhat Hanh is one of the most revered Zen teachers in the world today. His best-selling books includeHappinessandPeace Is Every Step. He lives in Plum Village in southwest France, where he teaches the art of mindful living.

Mayumi Oda (Illustrator) was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1941. Her paintings are exhibited internationally, and her recent work as an activist includes coordination of the World Court Project, an effort to make nuclear weapons illegal, and helping to establish a women s refuge center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Mayumi currently lives, farms, and swims in Kealakekua, Hawaii.US