New PDF release: Is Nothing Something?: Kids' Questions and Zen Answers About

By Thich Nhat Hanh

ISBN-10: 1937006654

ISBN-13: 9781937006655

In Is not anything whatever? Zen grasp Thich Nhat Hanh solutions heartfelt, tricky, and humorous questions from young children of every age. Illustrated with unique full-color art through Jessica McClure, Is not anything whatever? may also help adults plant the seeds of mindfulness within the young ones of their lives. starting with the main uncomplicated questions, “What is critical in life?” and “Why is my brother suggest to me?” and progressing via matters that all of us combat with, corresponding to “How do i do know if i actually love somebody?”, “How lengthy am I going to live?”, and “What does God glance like?”, every one web page offers a query with a quick solution from Thich Nhat Hanh, applicable for starting readers to paintings with on their lonesome. The again of the booklet has the 1st whole children’s biography of Thich Nhat Hanh, besides uncomplicated, kid-friendly directions for conscious respiring and conscious strolling. either funny and profound, Is not anything whatever? is the precise source for children with questions, adults seeking to resolution them, and an individual with questions in their personal.

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To meditate is to concentrate and look inward. You can sit down to meditate but you can also meditate while walking to school, lying in the grass, or resting in your bed at night. If you are quiet and enjoying your in-breath and out-breath, you’re practicing meditation. If you know how to smile beautifully and without effort, then you know how to meditate. It’s not difficult. ” Meditation is the same. I do it because I like it. To meditate is to have fun. Why do people sometimes listen to a bell when they meditate?

How did you choose to be a monk? I have a seed of monkhood in me. When I was a little boy, I saw a drawing of the Buddha on the cover of a magazine. He was sitting very peacefully on the grass. This impressed me very much, because the people around me were very nervous and not calm and happy at all. That was the first time I wanted to become a monk. Being a monk is one of the ways to become a buddha. Being a monk, you don’t need a big salary. You only need enough money to buy toothpaste, or to call your family, or to visit them from time to time.

I bow before I eat because I want to express my gratitude. There are so many who are hungry in the world. If I have the chance to have food to eat every day, I feel grateful. Do you remember any of your past lives? Yes. When I practice looking deeply, I see that at one time in the past I was a rock, a tree, a squirrel, a bird, a fish, a cloud, and a river. If I continue to look deeply, I see that I am still a rock, a cloud, a mountain, a river, and a squirrel; I continue to be them. I have been all these kinds of beings and so have you.

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