Love in Action

“Love in Action is one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s most important books. Love in Action refreshes our awareness that the eminent Zen Buddhist teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh or ‘Thay’ exemplifies contemplation in action. We are reminded that Thay was an early exponent of a broad movement called Engaged Buddhism. Thay’s activism embraces gender equity, environmentalism, refugee support, and peace movements. Love in Action helps us walk the path of mindfulness and activism.”—The Rt. Rev. Dr. Marc Handley Andrus, eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California and author of Brothers in the Beloved Community“These are the writings of a contemporary saint.”—Inquiring Mind“In calm but forceful prose, Thich Nhat Hanh articulates the central teaching that violence originates in each person … and that with the practice of meditation and mindfulness it can be overcome.” —The San Francisco Chronicle

Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most revered and influential spiritual teachers in the world today. Born in Vietnam in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he has published more than 100 books, which have sold more than five million copies in the United States alone. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace, his teachings on Buddhism as a path to social and political transformation are responsible for bringing mindfulness to the West. In 1982 he established the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in France, now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe. He lives in Hue in Central Vietnam.

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