With this book, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh offers a Buddhist contribution to the current thinking on how we can come together to define secular guidelines that will allow us to live with compassion and mindfulness.

The Five Mindfulness Trainings are guides for living a happy, fulfilled, and ethical life. Nhat Hanh discusses the value and meaning of each precept, offering insights into the role that it could play in our changing society and argues eloquently for their applicability in our daily lives and on a global scale.

The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices, Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, Pocket Paperback, 203 pages, $12.95.