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For a Future to Be Possible: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life
The Five Mindfulness Trainings -- protecting life, acting with generosity, behaving responsibly in sexual relationships, speaking and listening deeply and mindfully, and avoiding substance abuse -- are the basic statement of ethics and morality in Buddhism. In "For a Future to be Possible, Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh and fourteen prominent co-authors...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
March 9th 2007
by Parallax Press
(first published 1993)
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friends - read this! activists - read this! artists - read this! parents - read this! Buddhists in other traditions - read this! It's so so so helpful about basic practices that allow one to feel a sense of ethical well-being - it's SO smart. Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings are deceptively simple. That's because he's a really good teacher, and really gets the heart of Buddha's main points.
I hadn't realized I'd finished this, until I looked at my bookmark. As with all of Thich Nhat Hanh's writing, the focus is on changing ourselves to create a better, more just, more sustainable world. This is probably one of my favorite books of all time, and I am thankful to have it in ePub format so I can read it a few times, and almost always have it in my bag.
I liked this, but not as much as some of his other books. He gave a lot of examples that seemed really negative; it gave me the sense that there is so much suffering, and Buddhism can slightly buffer all this misery. I haven't had that sense from any of his other books, so I prefer some of his others, like Living Buddha, Living Christ.
This is a practical book on ethics which I wish my ecological-minded friends would read. It will be worth reading again.
Lot of learnings regarding how to build peace in this world. Thich talks about his experiences during Vietnam War.
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Awesome. Can't wait to hear him speak in person.
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people interested in learning about Buddhis,
If you're interested in Buddhism, this is a good book to begin reading to learn about the Five Mindfulness trainings. It several commentaries by people from all walks of life describing their experiences with these trainings, which are central to Buddhism, but also permeate other religions as well.
This was a clear and concise explanation of the Five Mindfulness trainings. After working with TNH, it's refreshing to hear what he has to say about the trainings in print, since they correspond clearly to his dharmatalks.
This book is a great short review of the main Buddhist concepts. It is definitely a good book to read over and over again.
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So far, a very helpful book in terms of understanding ourselves and our mistaken cultural beliefs about relationships.
A great way to ideally live.
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