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Thich Nhat Hanh, uno de los maestros zen mas venerados en Occidente, ofrece por primera vez un conjunto de siete meditaciones guiadas inspiradas en las bases del budismo. Vivimos inmersos en percepciones y juicios erroneos que nos provocan todo tipo de sufrimiento. El maestro Thich Nhat Hanh nos presenta por primera vez dos grupos de meditaciones budistas que podemos incorporar a nuestra vida diaria con el fin de liberar a la mente de su prision y acceder al momento presente, el unico que nos permite afrontar la vida desde la alegria y la serenidad. Pero el budismo, afirma el maestro, no es un sistema filosofico estatico, sino el arte mismo de vivir. De ahi que conciba la atencion plena, ante todo, como una ruta hacia la compasion, un estado interior integrado con el universo que elimina los sentimientos de miedo y soledad para sustituirlos por otros de felicidad e integracion.
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Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist Zen Master, poet, scholar, and peace activist, one of the most revered and influential spiritual teachers in the world today. Born in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. During the Vietnam War, his work for peace and reconciliation moved Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. He founded the Van Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon and the School of Youth for Social Service. He was exiled as a result of his work for peace but continued his activism, rescuing boat people and helping to resettle Vietnamese refugees. He has written more than 100 books, which have sold millions of copies around the world. 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.
