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Fear

Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm

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When we're not held in the grip of fear, we can truly embrace the gifts of life.

Learn how to overcome the worries, insecurities and fears that hold you back in this perspective-shifting book. Drawing on his years of experience as a celebrated Zen master, Thich Nhat Hanh shows that by mastering the practices of mindfulness, you can learn to identify the sources of pain that cause fear and move past them to live a mindful and happy life.

©2012 Thich Nhat Hanh (P)2021 Penguin Audio Buddhism Eastern Philosophy Spirituality Meditation Mindfulness

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"Thich Nhat Hanh does not merely teach peace; Thich Nhat Hanh is peace." (Elizabeth Gilbert)

"The monk who taught the world mindfulness." (Time)
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true master of life sharing thoughts on accepting fear and the benefits of the practice

beautiful book

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I normally like Thich Nhat Hanh. Indeed I listen often to his audiobooks. However, this audiobook shows that he does not really understand fear (except perhaps physical fear in front of an armed enemy, as described in the introduction). He talks about embracing fear and overcoming fear by thinking at a blue sky?! In what way can the image of a blue sky relieve from the terrible fear of becoming completely blind? how can the sound of birds relieve from the fear of becoming completely deaf? what about the fear of dementia, the fear of serious illness, the fear of painful death? I think that he was ill-advised to write a piece on fear. I don't recommend this work.

disappointing

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Packed with ancient wisdom expressed in easy to digest ways. Reading this can only be described as beautiful experience and route to peace.

A potentially life-changing read

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I like all the books from Thich Nhat Hanh, I highly recommend to read or listen to them without any hesitation.

Beautiful book

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This is a book that teaches beautifully to take care, embrace and transform out strong emotions. - like fear and anger. It explains the origins of fear, and includes excellent meditations and practices that allow the listener to be in touch with suffering and transform it.

Highly recommended

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