In this little treasure, Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Zen monk, offers timeless insight into the nature of real love. With simplicity, warmth, and directness, he explores the four key aspects of love as described in the Buddhist tradition: lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and freedom—explaining how to experience them in our day-to-day lives. He also emphasizes that in ord In this little treasure, Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Zen monk, offers timeless insight into the nature of real love. With simplicity, warmth, and directness, he explores the four key aspects of love as described in the Buddhist tradition: lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and freedom—explaining how to experience them in our day-to-day lives. He also emphasizes that in order to love in a real way, we must first learn how to be fully present in our lives, and he offers simple techniques from the Buddhist tradition that anyone can use to establish the conditions of love. Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, is an internationally known author, poet, scholar, and peace activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr. I 'stumbled' upon this book about a week before Valentine's Day and thought 'wow, that's perfect timing!'
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I am new to Thich Nhat Hanh but had been wanting to read his books for many years, just never made the time, so as someone new to his voice and only somewhat familiar with Buddhism, I thought this book was well articulated, easy to read, and I found many passages resonating beautifully with what I already knew/understood about life and love. True Love was a wonderful introduction to Thich Nh I 'stumbled' upon this book about a week before Valentine's Day and thought 'wow, that's perfect timing! Virtualdj 4.3 Full By Crazyboris. ' I am new to Thich Nhat Hanh but had been wanting to read his books for many years, just never made the time, so as someone new to his voice and only somewhat familiar with Buddhism, I thought this book was well articulated, easy to read, and I found many passages resonating beautifully with what I already knew/understood about life and love. True Love was a wonderful introduction to Thich Nhat Hahn for me - and as a bonus in my digital copy is a sneek peek to 'You Are Here' which I have on loan from a friend and now can't wait to start next. I won't spoil the contents of the book, every person should have the joy of discovering it for themselves, but it was good, deep, profound in it's simplicity, and I have been using the mantras that are talked about in the book, leaving me with a deeper, more present awareness of the love that I am, the love I have to offer, and the love that is always available to/through me.
After reading countless upon countless reviews of this book, I could not wait to get it. Seriously, I could have waited. I should have waited. Maybe it's my allergy to self-help books or maybe I'm just not open enough, but I'm gonna be a rebel and give this book a 1. Between encouraging words of developing co-dependency, comforting your own bitterness, gladly providing the other cheek when the other side is still pulsating from that last hit and popping into a trance any time anything in life - After reading countless upon countless reviews of this book, I could not wait to get it. Seriously, I could have waited.

I should have waited. Maybe it's my allergy to self-help books or maybe I'm just not open enough, but I'm gonna be a rebel and give this book a 1. Between encouraging words of developing co-dependency, comforting your own bitterness, gladly providing the other cheek when the other side is still pulsating from that last hit and popping into a trance any time anything in life - be it the phone ringing or your mom just showed up at your door with a list of your faults already alphabetized and color coded - happens, I have to wonder.really? What happened to getting over your crap? What happened to self-respect and loving yourself enough to NOT gladly take those jabs and ask for another? What happened to independence? What happened to working on those coping skills?
In a world where everybody blames everyone else for their own problems, people are getting picked off simply because someone had a bad day, and dogs are selected on the looks-least-like-a-lawsuit-waiting-to-happen ( pour a lil' on the curb for the pitbulls), is pacifism really the way to go? Then again, maybe my heart's just too damn tired. I enjoyed this little gem very much. A wonderful reminder that love is so much more about what we give out rather than what we recieve. It also touches on the important things that we do forget in our busy lives, like what 'being there' in a relationship is really all about; a reminder of the importance of mindfulness, and my favourite subject at the moment, about breaking down the 'concepts' - the 'stories' we have been told and tell ourselves, that we are so convinced are real and accurate and I enjoyed this little gem very much. A wonderful reminder that love is so much more about what we give out rather than what we recieve. It also touches on the important things that we do forget in our busy lives, like what 'being there' in a relationship is really all about; a reminder of the importance of mindfulness, and my favourite subject at the moment, about breaking down the 'concepts' - the 'stories' we have been told and tell ourselves, that we are so convinced are real and accurate and true, and that we think make us 'who we are' and others, who we aren't!!