Ebook: The Sun My Heart: Reflections on Mindfulness, Concentration, and Insight

Title Page; Introduction; 1 -- SUNSHINE AND GREEN LEAVES; Thanh Thuy's Apple Juice; A River of Perceptions; Sunshine and Green Leaves; Darkness Becomes Light; A Poem for Buttoning Your Jacket; Three Hours for a Cup of Tea; Bathing a Newborn Buddha; Nourishing Awareness while Working; The Precious Smile; Breathing Rhythmically; A Poem and a Peppermint Plant; Establishing a Spiritual Homeland; Singing, Really Singing; From Sleep to Awakening; Awareness, Concentration, Understanding; Cooking a Pot of Corn; Examining a Koan; Awareness Is Both Cause and Effect; Conceiving the Inconceivable.;The Sun My Heart is one of Thich Nhat Hanh's most beloved books. Using the objects and events of everyday life in his hermitage in Plum Village -- the gradual settling of the pulp in a glass of apple juice or the wind blowing into the room and scattering papers about -- Thich Nhat Hanh draws from Buddhist psychology, epistemology, and the world of contemporary literature and science to guide the reader along the path of clarity and understanding. This book can be read straight through, but is also designed to be opened randomly and experienced chapter by chapter, paragraph by paragraph. Nhat Han.