Understanding Our Mind: 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology | Thich Nhat Hanh

Understanding Our Mind: 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology | Thich Nhat Hanh | Wisdom from a master

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	Understanding Our Mind: 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology Thich Nhat Hanh Parallax Press, 2006 - 250 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This profound look at Buddhist psychology offers important insights into how Buddhism's ancient teachings apply to the modern world. Basing his work on the writings of the great fifth-century Buddhist master Vasubandhu and the teachings of the Avatamsaka Sutra, Thich Nhat Hanh focuses on the direct experience of recognizing the true nature of consciousness. Presenting the basic teachings of Buddhist applied psychology, he shows how the mind is like a field, where every kind of seed is planted ? seeds of suffering, anger, happiness, and peace. The quality of life, he writes, depends on the quality of the seeds. By learning how to water seeds of joy and transform seeds of suffering, understanding, love, and compassion can flower.

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Life-Transforming

For anyone seeking to ultimately transcend him/herself, Thich Nhat Hahn's explanation of our own human mind is, perhaps, the ultimate how-to guide. As some of the other reviewers have commented, this book does deal with some very complex ideas about "the self," consciousness, etc., but I hope that comment will not turn anyone away. I read this book over the course of the better half of a summer, and it has been transformational. The books is set up into digestible chapters that lead into and build on one another. The writing is simple and clear, and provides everyday examples to illustrate what the author is trying to convey.

The joy and discovery of this book is not simply in the reading of it; it's in patiently letting the words stew and simmer in your mind--letting yourself swim around a little in it--and then coming back to it. You will know when it is time to put the book down and let yourself think about things, and you will also know when to pick the book back up again. I carry this book in my purse. I read it on the subway, before and after meals, and on nice lazy weekend afternoons. I carry this book around like some do a bible, or the Dao de Jing.

I recommend this book if you are seeking ultimate peace in your life. Thich Nhat Hahn is a wonderful teacher. And, though you will be doing much of the "heavy lifting" yourself, if you can be gentle and patient with yourself--and yet persistant, you will ultimately find within yourself the ability to live freely, openly, lovingly, and peacefully. I promise you, this is the right direction.

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Wisdom from a master

It has always struck me that the people who are the most nimble at
presenting complex topics simply are those with the most understanding
and the least ego. Propelled by interest, they present ideas with quiet
enthusiasm. In his generally much shorter books written in a poetic,
almost childlike voice, Thich Nhat Hanh consistently hints at the wealth of
Buddhist knowledge this book presents. The book outlines for me how very much more I stand to learn about this way of thinking, while allowing me in the meantime, ways to continue to practice fundamentals.

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This book will make a lightbulb go off in your head!

Finally a book on consiousness that isn't overcomplicated, isn't too hippified or too scholarly. Practical and precise. I find myself reading sections over and over every few weeks.

When the conditions are right

This book is as simple and lucidly written as all of Thay's books.

It however contains a wealth of knowledge which can be only be read, digested, understood and experienced in small chunks spread over time.

The original title of the book was 'transformation at the base'.

Thay addresses the basics of how the mind works, how we are all creatures of habit and how transformation is possible 'only if' its at the base.

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One of the best books on buddhist psychology

Thich Nhat Hanh succeeds where others fail in writing a very understandable and clear work on the buddhist view of the mind. Highly recommended!

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