Love Letter to the Earth

Thich Nhat Hanh

ISBN: 978-1-937006-38-9, Paperback, 144 pages.

Love Letter to the Earth is a hopeful book that points to the vital need to respond to the stress we are putting on the planet and offers humanity a path to follow to protect nature and limit climate change. Thich Nhat Hanh identifies one key issue as having the potential to create a tipping point. We must move beyond the concept of the “environment,” as it leads people to experience themselves and our Mother Earth as two separate entities. If we harness our compassion, mindfulness, and concentration Nhat Hanh believes in a collective awakening that will bring transformation to ourselves and the world abound us.

Praise for Love Letter to the Earth:

“Understanding our unbreakable connection to the abstraction we call ‘the environment’ really is the first step to sensible action. In that sense, this is a very practical book!”—Bill McKibben, Eaarth and The End of Nature

“Thich Nhat Hanh makes an eloquent, uplifting, and urgent call to recognize that our health and happiness are inextricably tied to Mother Earth and to all of our kin. We need this great wisdom if we are to move from our destructive path”—David Suzuki, The Sacred Balance

“John Muir wrote that ‘When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.’ In this clear-eyed, loving paean, Thich Nhat Hanh illuminates both our connection and our responsibility to the beautiful planet we call home.”—Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, author of Coming Clean

“Thich Nhat Hanh addresses the root cause of the environmental crisis and, in doing so, offers a roadmap to an entirely new dream of the Earth.” —Wade Davis, Explorer in Residence, National Geographic Society, author of The Serpent and the Rainbow

 

Small Bites: Mindfulness for Everyday Use

“Annabelle Zinser is an excellent dharma teacher. Her teachings are always based on her own living experience.”—Thich Nhat Hanh

Small Bites offers readers meditations and mindfulness practices for a variety of everyday situations. In short chapters Anabelle Zinser demonstrates how to connect our awareness of breath while bringing our focus to a particular topic, such as recognizing negative thoughts and emotions, taking care of our sexuality, or dealing with emotional challenges. Small Bites gives readers a way to be in touch with the healing capacity of the present moment and provides tools to transform and heal even the most difficult aspects of our lives.

Reaching across all faith traditions, Small Bites teaches readers to bring mindfulness practices into daily life.

Annabelle Zinser became a member of Thich Nhat Hanh’s practice community in Germany, and received transmission to become a dharma teacher 2004. The recipient of the United Nation’s Outstanding Women in Buddhism award in 2007, she lives in Berlin.

Reviews

A heartwarming guidance for absolute beginners as well as for advanced meditators. When you practice these guided meditations you develop the most precious gift you can give to yourself and those you love – peace, joy and equanimity.”—Marie Mannschatz, Best-Selling Author and Vipassana teacher

“Annabelle Zinser is a deeply dedicated and skillfull teacher of mindfulness meditation. This book is full of her wonderful wisdom, understanding, and loving compassion.” —Ruth Dension

ISBN: 978-1-937006-24-2, paperback original, 160 pages.