Creating True Peace is both a profound work of spiritual guidance and a practical blueprint for peaceful inner change and global change.
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Whether dealing with extreme emotions and challenging situations or managing interpersonal and international conflicts, Thich Nhat Hanh relies on the 2, 600-year-old traditional wisdom and scholarship of the Buddha, as well as other great scriptures.
The simple, but powerful daily actions and everyday interactions that Thich Nhat Hanh recommends can root out Violence where it lives in our hearts and minds and help us discover the power to create peace at every level of life -- personal, family, neighborhood, community, state, nation, and world.
These demonstrate that Violence is an outmoded response we can no longer afford.
More than any of his previous books, Creating True Peace tells stories of Thich Nhat Hanh and his students practicing peace during wartime.
A book for people of all faiths, it is a magnum opus -- a compendium of peace practices that can help anyone practice nonviolent thought and behavior, even in the midst of World upheaval.
Now, in this new book, perhaps his most important work to date, Thich Nhat Hanh uses a beautiful blend of visionary insight, inspiring stories of peacemaking, and a combination of meditation practices and instruction to show us how to take Right Action.
Having lived through two wars in his native Vietnam, he works to prevent conflict of all kinds -- from the internal Violence of individual thoughts to interpersonal and international aggression.
As a world-renowned writer, scholar, spiritual leader, and Zen Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most visible, revered activists for peace and Engaged Buddhism -- the practice he created that combines mindful living and social action.
It is the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh\'s answer to our deep-rooted crisis of Violence and our feelings of helplessness, victimization, and fear.
Creating True Peace is both a profound work of spiritual guidance and a practical blueprint for peaceful inner change and global change
