Fragrant Palm Leaves by Thich Nhat Hanh

Fragrant Palm Leaves by Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh at his most personal and endearing-"a rare record of his unselfing, which made him himself: the monk who brought mindfulness to the world" (The Marginalian).

Read the journals of Thich Nhat Hanh as he reflects on being young man in the United States and Vietnam, just as his home country plunged into war.

"It isn't likely that this collection of journal entries, which I'm calling Fragrant Palm Leaves, will pass the censors... I'll leave Vietnam tomorrow." Thus, Thich Nhat Hanh begins his May 11, 1966 journal entry. After leaving Vietnam, he was exiled for calling for peace, and was unable to visit his homeland again until 2004. In the interim, Thich Nhat Hanh continued to practice and teach in the United States and Europe, and became one of the world's most respected spiritual leaders.

But when these journals are written, all of that is still to come. Fragrant Palm Leaves reveals a vulnerable and questioning young man, a student and teaching assistant at Princeton and Columbia Universities from 1962-1963, homesick and reflecting on the many difficulties he and his fellow monks faced at home trying to make Buddhism relevant to the people's needs. We also follow Thich Nhat Hanh as he returns to Vietnam in 1964, and helps establish the movement known as Engaged Buddhism.

A rare window into the early life of a spiritual icon, Fragrant Palm Leaves provides a model of how to live fully, with awareness, during a time of change and upheaval.

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ISBN 13	9781946764720
ISBN 10	1946764728
Title	Fragrant Palm Leaves
Author	Thich Nhat Hanh
Series	Thich Nhat Hanh Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Parallax Press
Year published	2020-10-06
Number of pages	224
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