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05/07/2024

🌟 **Special Offer: Old Path White Clouds** 🌟

For July 5th and 6th only, get the ebook version of Old Path White Clouds by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh for just $1.99! 📖✨

Thich Nhat Hanh presents the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha, drawn directly from 24 Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese sources. Retold in his beautiful style, this book traces the Buddha’s life over 80 years—partly through the eyes of Svasti, the buffalo boy, and partly through the eyes of the Buddha himself. *Old Path White Clouds* is a classic of religious literature.

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04/07/2024

Immerse yourself in the tranquil wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh's Being Peace 📖🌿

Discover the profound teachings on inner peace and compassion that resonate deeply in today's world. Let's reflect together on how cultivating peace within ourselves can radiate outward to create a more harmonious society.

Available at parallax.org

01/07/2024

🌊 Special Offer: Mop Rides the Waves of Life 🌊

From July 1st to August 1st, get the ebook version of Mop Rides the Waves of Life for just $1.99! 🏄‍♂️📖

Being teased for your 'funny' hair is hard, but when little surfer Mop studies the lessons of the waves, he learns how to bring the mindfulness and joy of surfing into his whole life. With a few tips from his clever mom, Mop learns to take deep breaths, let the tough waves pass, and ride the good ones all the way. With newfound awareness and courage, Mop heads back to land—and school—to surf the waves of life.

Celebrated San Francisco surfer-journalist-dad Jaimal Yogis teaches kids aged 4-8 timeless beach wisdom through Mop's journey.

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30/06/2024

🌿 Self-Care Sunday! 🌿

Take a moment to enrich your mindfulness practice with the Mindfulness Essentials Cards. 🌸✨

Featuring 50+ prompts, exercises, and meditations from the bestselling How To series by Thich Nhat Hanh, these cards offer daily wisdom and inspiration. Enjoy reflections and practices with beautiful sumi-ink artwork by Jason DeAntonis. Perfect for daily contemplation or to display around your home or office.

Bring a fresh spirit to your mindfulness journey! 🌼🧘‍♀️

29/06/2024

🌟 Join Katie Arnold’s *Brief Flashings* Book Tour!🌟

Follow along as Katie takes us through her journey of destruction and healing, Zen practice, and personal transformation in her powerful memoir. If you’re in Ontario this July, don’t miss the chance to meet her in person!

🚣‍♀️ Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World tells the riveting story of Katie’s life-shattering injury after a rafting accident on the remote Salmon River, and how it tested her spirit, her marriage, and reignited her meditation practice.

🏃‍♀️ An elite ultrarunner, Katie’s memoir spans the tumultuous two years of healing both physically and emotionally, diving deep into Zen studies to find stillness amidst wildness.

📖 This book is perfect for those seeking nature’s highs, creatives, spiritualists, and anyone interested in slowing down to examine a well-lived life.

Don’t miss out on her inspiring story! Follow Katie’s tour and learn more about how moments of enlightenment can transform our lives.🌲📚✨

28/06/2024

🌞📚✨🌞📚✨ Final Day of Our Summer Solstice Sale! 🌞📚✨🌞📚✨

Don't miss out on our special Summer Solstice Sale, ending today! Ebooks are perfect for your summer travels, helping you travel light and stay eco-friendly. Plus, they make great gifts with no shipping needed!

27/06/2024

Rediscover the wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh in Love in Action, an updated Second Edition. Dive into essays on nonviolence, compassion, and mindful activism. Perfect for those seeking peace within and without.

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21/06/2024

Ebooks are easy to carry during your travels, allowing you to enjoy all that summer has to offer while lightening your load and reducing your environmental impact. They also make great gifts without any shipping necessary! We invite you to browse our selection of ebooks on parallax.org and take advantage of our special Summer Solstice Sale.

30/04/2024

📚 Exciting News! 📚 "Unbroken Wholeness: Six Pathways to the Beloved Community" by John Bell is available TODAY! 🎉 Dive into this transformative book integrating social justice, emotional healing, and spiritual practice. Get your copy now!
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16/04/2024

🌿 Embark on a journey of resilience and renewal with Katie Arnold's latest release, "Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World." Dive into the transformative power of nature and Zen as Arnold shares her story of destruction, healing, and finding peace amidst chaos. Available now wherever books are sold. 📚✨ 📘
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19/03/2024

New print issue of The Mindfulness Bell is available now! Issue 93 reflects on continuation, touching the ancestral stream, and feeling connected with the deep, rich Plum Village lineage:

- Sister Chân Đức shares about our teacher’s lineage as a peace activist
- Dharma teacher Mitchell Ratner reflects on his pilgrimage tracing Thích Nhất Hạnh’s lineage in Vietnam
- an interview with Thích Giác Quang explores the importance of the many ceremonies remembering and honoring Thầy’s passing
- lay friends answer what it means that Thầy is our ancestral teacher
- sharings from Earth Holder Community, Plum Village Happy Farm, Wake Up Schools, and Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation
- and much more!

Order your print or digital copy here:
parallax.org/product/the-mindfulness-bell-issue-93-2024

Subscribe, purchase single issues, and read articles now at mindfulnessbell.org.

cover photo by Huong Nguyen

15/03/2024

The 7 Laws of Enough: Cultivating a Life of Sustainable Abundance by Gina LaRoche and Jennifer Cohen

Here is this book in a nutshell: You are enough. You do enough. You have enough, already.

If you were to orient to life, to your team, your family, and society as if that were true, we guarantee you would see life in a whole new way. You would ask different questions and frame problems differently. New solutions would emerge.

Interested in learning more? Find The 7 Laws of Enough on our website: parallax.org/product/seven-laws-of-enough

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13/03/2024

Unshakeable by Jo-ann Rosen offers a holistic system for gaining and maintaining the stability of mind needed for personal and social transformation, even in the midst of trauma—with simple, body-based exercises grounded in neuroscience and mindfulness, inspired by Thích Nhất Hạnh.

Unshakeable is available now at parallax.org/product/unshakeable!

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12/03/2024

A Zen study wrapped in a memoir of destruction and healing written by an elite ultrarunner as she struggles to make it to the other side of a life-shattering injury with her sanity, and her marriage, intact. Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World by Katie Arnold is available next month!

As the late Japanese master Shunryu Suzuki wrote, “Sometimes a flashing will come through the dark sky.” These brief flashings are enlightenment—moments when we suddenly feel as if we’re part of everything, and everything’s part of us. This book is about how to experience the flashings when they come, and about what they mean for how we live our lives.

Read more: parallax.org/product/brief-flashings-in-the-phenomenal-world

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11/03/2024

We all go through times when it feels like the ground is being pulled out from under us. What we relied on as steady and solid may change or even appear to vanish. Not only are loss and separation painful, but even positive changes can cause great stress. Yet life is full of change: birth, death, marriage, divorce; a new relationship; losing or starting a job; beginning a new phase in life or ending one. Change is stressful, even when it is much desired or anticipated—the unknown can feel scary and threatening.

In We Were Made for These Times, experienced mindfulness teacher Kaira Jewel Lingo imparts accessible advice on navigating difficult times of transition, drawing on Buddhist teachings on impermanence to help you establish equanimity and resilience. We Were Made for These Times is available in paperback and audiobook! Visit parallax.org/product/we-were-made-for-these-times to purchase a copy.

In this era of global disruption, threats to our individual, social, and planetary safety abound, and at times life can feel overwhelming. In ten concise chapters, you’ll learn powerful ways to meet life’s challenges with wisdom, resilience, and ease. Time-honored teachings will help you develop presence and compassion, supporting you to release the fear, doubt, and resistance that hold you back. Each chapter in We Were Made for These Times holds an essential teaching and meditation, unfolding a step-by-step process to nurture deeper freedom and stability in daily life.

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10/03/2024

New print issue of The Mindfulness Bell is available March 19! Issue 93 reflects on continuation, touching the ancestral stream, and feeling connected with the deep, rich Plum Village lineage:

- Sister Chân Đức shares about our teacher’s lineage as a peace activist
- Dharma teacher Mitchell Ratner reflects on his pilgrimage tracing Thích Nhất Hạnh’s lineage in Vietnam
- an interview with Thích Giác Quang explores the importance of the many ceremonies remembering and honoring Thầy’s passing
- lay friends answer what it means that Thầy is our ancestral teacher
- sharings from Earth Holder Community, Plum Village Happy Farm, Wake Up Schools, and Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation
- and much more!

Order your print or digital copy here:
parallax.org/product/the-mindfulness-bell-issue-93-2024

Subscribe, purchase single issues, and read articles now at mindfulnessbell.org.

cover photo by Huong Nguyen

09/03/2024

Healing Our Way Home is available now at parallax.org! Read an excerpt on the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation website: thichnhathanhfoundation.org/blog/healing-our-way-home

Join three friends, three Black women, all teachers in the Plum Village tradition founded by Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh, in intimate conversation, touching on the pain and beauty of their families of origin, relationships and loneliness, intimacy and sexuality, politics, popular culture, race, self-care and healing.

No subject is out of bounds in this free-flowing, wide-ranging offering of mindful wisdom to nourish our sense of belonging and connection with ancestors.

Authors Valerie Brown, Marisela B. Gomez, MD, and Kaira Jewel Lingo share how the Dharma’s timeless teachings support their work for social and racial equity and justice in their work and personal lives.

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08/03/2024

Terry Barber has been a dedicated and integral part of our Parallax Press team, embodying the spirit of mindfulness and compassion in her work. Her tireless efforts in transcribing Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings have helped to make his wisdom accessible to countless readers around the world.

On this International Women’s Day, we celebrate Terry and her commitment to spreading the teachings of mindfulness and peace. Her dedication and hard work have been a true gift to the community, and we are grateful for all that she has done.

As we bid farewell to Terry, we wish her a happy and fulfilling retirement. Her legacy will continue to inspire us and guide us in our work, and we are grateful for the opportunity to have worked alongside such an extraordinary woman.

Thank you, Terry, for all that you have done. Your insight and guidance will be greatly missed, but your presence will always be felt in the pages of the many books you have helped bring into the world. Happy International Women’s Day to a true inspiration and role model.

To read an interview with Terry conducted by Parallax Press Publisher, Hisae Matsuda, visit our website, parallax.org, or click on the link in our bio!

Photo Details:

1. Terry Barber and Hisae Matsuda
2. Sister Tri Nghiem and Terry Barber
3. Terry Barber and Sister Jina van Hengel
4. Plum Village editors with Parallax Press staff, 2019
5. Terry Barber, Hisae, Matsuda, and Katie Eberle
6. Learning True Love by Sister Chan Khong
7. Chanting from the Heart Volumes 1 and 2 by Thich Nhat Hanh and the monks and nuns of Plum Village
8. How to Smile by Thich Nhat Hanh
9. Cracking the Walnut, Enjoying the Ultimate, The Admonitions and Encouraging Words of Master Guishan, and The Bhodisattva Path by Thich Nhat Hanh
10. True Virtue by Sister Annabel Laity

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07/03/2024

Receive a free copy of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s book, At Home in the World, when you register for Deer Park Monastery’s online retreat: https://deerparkmonastery.org/event/deer-park-international-online-retreat

“Our true home is the here and the now. It is only in the here and the now that we have our real refuge.

In the present moment, we can get in touch with our ancestors, with God, and with our children and grandchildren.

They are already available in the present moment. That is your true home.

And if you feel that you are home, then you don’t need to run any more, and your practice is successful.

If you still feel that you need to run, then you have not arrived, you are not home yet.

Your home is not only in the Middle East, Holland, England, or America, your home is here—here means life.

All the wonders of life are available in the here and the now, and it brings you a lot of joy, peace, and happiness.”

—Thích Nhất Hạnh

06/03/2024

Author Celia Landman is a mindfulness educator offering support to teens and adults. Celia draws from her range of experience working with folks impacted by trauma, addiction, and anxiety creating customized meditation, visualizations, and trainings to reconnect us to our wholeness. Mindfulness has brought greater happiness and stability to Celia’s life and her greatest aspiration is to help others recognize their true nature of love and ability.

Celia's new book When the Whole World Tips is available wherever books are sold, including our website: parallax.org/product/when-the-whole-world-tips

When the Whole World Tips is designed to help you move from helplessness to stability through the ancient practice of equanimity, or balance. Drawn from Buddhist wisdom and with practices included, this new approach to mindful parenting is about slowing down, letting go of the illusion of control, and caring for yourself so that you can show up as a presence of love and care for your children even in their most difficult moments.

Contemporary neuroscience and developmental psychology research demonstrates how a parent’s state of anxiety is directly communicated to the child and can intensify their pain. When the Whole World Tips is rich with real life examples from parents in the midst of caring for children in crisis, plentiful resources, and helpful exercises. Each chapter offers accessible practices for parents to care for themselves in order to remain present for their children.

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05/03/2024

Learn the accessible and deeply compassionate practices for healing trauma, known as the Five Strengths of applied Zen Buddhism. More than a philosophy, these body-based practices are backed by modern neuroscience research, and they can be applied by anyone suffering from trauma to begin experiencing relief. Flowers in the Dark is available on our website: parallax.org/product/flowers-in-the-dark

Mindfulness teacher Sister Dang Nghiem, MD, is an inspiration for anyone who has ever suffered from abuse, life-changing loss, severe illness, or the aftermath of war. In Flowers in the Dark, she brings together her lived experience as a survivor, certified MD, and ordained Buddhist teacher to offer a body-based, practical approach to healing from life’s most difficult and painful experiences.

Offering insights from Buddhist psychology and simple somatic practices for tapping into our Five Strengths–our inner faculties of self-trust, diligence, mindfulness, concentration, and insight–Sister Dang Nghiem’s approach to trauma is radically accessible; it begins with awareness of our breathing. With each chapter containing a progression of guided reflections an exercises, this book can be read as an adjunct to therapy and a helpful guide for moving through trauma in the body. With the practice of mindfulness, we can access our strength as survivors and our joy in being alive.

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04/03/2024

Tiny Gratitudes shares full-color illustrated moments from daily life, captured in miniature detail and offers a beautiful reminder of the joy that can be found in even the most ordinary of days.

These 52 charming, miniature, tempera-paint images of mundane items are accompanied by mindfulness meditations to offer a new perspective on gratitude.

Nationally recognized artist Brooke Rothshank created a weekly piece of art and a short meditation to accompany it. Painted in miniature, the images invite the viewer to slow down and see their world differently.

Each painting was rendered by the artist in a slow and methodical way, contradicting our cultural need to consume more information at a greater speed.

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03/03/2024

Immediate, illuminating, and hopeful: this is the key set of talks given by leading Zen Buddhist teacher Larry Ward, PhD, on breaking America’s cycle of racial trauma.

America's Racial Karma is now available in audiobook!

In these short reflective essays, Larry Ward offers his insights on the effects of racial constructs and answers the question: how do we free ourselves from our repeated cycles of anger, denial, bitterness, pain, fear, violence?

Larry Ward looks at the causes and conditions that have led us to our current state and finds, hidden in the crisis, a profound opportunity to reinvent what it means to be a human being. This is an invitation to transform America’s racial karma.

For the paperback and ebook, visit parallax.org/product/americas-racial-karma.

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02/03/2024

The heart of The Mindfulness Bell is the creative expression of mindfulness practice offered by practitioners in the Plum Village tradition throughout the world.

The Mindfulness Bell invites submissions reflecting on the insight of nonduality, and healing from the illusion of separateness, in your personal practice.

Deadline is April 13, 2024 to be considered for print inclusion. Complete submission guidelines can be found at: parallax.org/mindfulnessbell/submission-guidelines

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01/03/2024

In Healing Our Way Home, join three friends, three Black women, all teachers in the Plum Village tradition founded by Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh, in intimate conversation, touching on the pain and beauty of their families of origin, relationships and loneliness, intimacy and sexuality, politics, popular culture, race, self-care and healing.

It is available now on our website (parallax.org/product/healing-our-way-home) and anywhere books are sold!

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More on Healing Our Way Home:

No subject is out of bounds in this free-flowing, wide-ranging offering of mindful wisdom to nourish our sense of belonging and connection with ancestors.

Authors Valerie Brown, Marisela B. Gomez, MD, and Kaira Jewel Lingo share how the Dharma’s timeless teachings support their work for social and racial equity and justice in their work and personal lives.

Healing Our Way Home offers insights in embodied mindfulness practice to support us in healing white supremacy, internalized racial oppression, and social and cultural conditioning, leading to a firm sense of belonging and abiding joy.

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14/02/2024

Weaving together traditional stories, personal experiences, and a deep understanding of the Buddha's way of mindful living, Thích Nhất Hạnh provides step-by-step practices that foster understanding and intimacy in any relationship and extend our love even to those that cause us pain.

Teachings on Love is a treasure-trove of guidance for couples, co-workers, or friends who wish to nourish the gift and strength of their relationships and deal creatively with their weaknesses and difficulties.

We all yearn to experience a love that is deeper and more joyful. Teachings on Love provides a time-tested path that anyone can follow to nurture the deepest love in ourselves and in others.

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13/02/2024

Healing Our Way Home is available today!

Please join us to celebrate the launch of Healing Our Way Home: Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors, Joy, and Liberation with the authors Valerie Brown, Marisela B. Gomez, MD, and Kaira Jewel Lingo!

After remarks from Dr. Larry Ward, the authors will read excerpts from the book and answer questions. The event will be be 1.5 hours and a recording will be made available after the event.

We hope to see you there! Please register on Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-2hrz0sGtThtMouMhAxBsmEfT31VXWH

This book is an offering for all and includes insights in embodied mindfulness practice to support us in healing white supremacy, internalized racial oppression, and social and cultural conditioning, leading to a firm sense of belonging and abiding joy.

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12/02/2024

To see peace in our lifetimes, we have to practice love.

This is the radical message of this inspirational book of pithy advice from environmental activist Satish Kumar, which helps us find ways to love ourselves, others, and all beings on planet Earth—even those we may find unlovable.

Radical Love distills the author’s lifetime of experience as a lover, parent, activist, and educator into simple lessons on transforming our time of ecological crisis, conflict, and scarcity into one in which we experience harmony with nature, safety, and abundance. It is an exploration of the transformative power of love in all its forms, from romantic love to love for one’s family and community to love for the planet and all beings.

Kumar’s approach is founded on simplicity (including the Jain principle of aparigraha), generosity, and continuous learning. Like an unfolding metta meditation, the book expands our notions of love to its most sublime universal state and makes a great gift to share with those we love.

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09/02/2024

Parallax Press wishes you a Happy Tết, the Vietnamese New Year celebration!

To celebrate the upcoming Year of the Dragon, we invite you to read Thích Nhất Hạnh's story The Dragon Prince.

Read a review of The Dragon Prince here: parallax.org/mindfulnessbell/article/book-reviews-dragon-prince

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08/02/2024

Book lovers' dream come true: Book Street Hanoi

A street full of book shops, vendors, and decorations for Tết! We are thrilled to see titles by Thích Nhất Hạnh, such as Being Peace, and children's book author Gail Silver translated into Vietnamese!

View the English versions of books by Author Gail Silver on our website: parallax.org/authors/gail-silver

Being Peace is available in English here: parallax.org/product/being-peace

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A newly revised edition of our cherished chanting book for students of Thich Nhat Hanh, now in two volumes. Vol. 1: Buddhist Sutras and Recitations, contains sutras from both the Theravada and Mahayana traditions, translated by Thich Nhat Hanh from both the Pali and Chinese canons. Vol. 2: Ceremonies and Practices in the Plum Village Tradition, is a collection of Buddhist ceremonies for all occasions and daily practices for meditation sessions as well as practices to accompany daily activities, such as gardening and cleaning, bringing mindfulness into everyday life. Find both volumes on our website, parallax.org parallax.org/product/chanting-from-the-heart-vol-1 parallax.org/product/chanting-from-the-heart-vol-2 -- #ThichNhatHanh #Mindfulness #PlumVillage #PresentMoment #NewBook #ChantingFromTheHeart #chants #newbooks #EngagedBuddhism