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The Stone Boy and Other Stories

Illustrated by Nguyen Thi Hop
Paperback
$18.00 US
6.06"W x 9.06"H x 0.49"D   | 12 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Aug 09, 2001 | 226 Pages | 9780938077862
In The Stone Boy and Other Stories, Thich Nhat Hanh's collection of short fiction, the well known Zen monk and peace activist expolres Buddhist themes of love and compassion while introducing the reader to the treasures of Vietnamese culture.
Thich Nhat Hanh was a world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist. Born in Vietnam in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than 100 books, which have sold more than four 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 the mindfulness movement to Western culture. He established the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in France, now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the heart of a growing community of mindfulness practice centers around the world. He passed away in 2022 at the age of 95 at his root temple, Tu Hieu, in Hue, Vietnam.

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In The Stone Boy and Other Stories, Thich Nhat Hanh's collection of short fiction, the well known Zen monk and peace activist expolres Buddhist themes of love and compassion while introducing the reader to the treasures of Vietnamese culture.

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Thich Nhat Hanh was a world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist. Born in Vietnam in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than 100 books, which have sold more than four 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 the mindfulness movement to Western culture. He established the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in France, now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the heart of a growing community of mindfulness practice centers around the world. He passed away in 2022 at the age of 95 at his root temple, Tu Hieu, in Hue, Vietnam.