This is a translation and commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh on the Sutra on Knowing the Better Way To Live Alone, the earliest teaching of the Buddha on living fully in the present moment.

In this contemporary interpretation, Thich Nhat Hanh explains that �living alone� does not mean isolating ourselves from society. To live alone is to live in mindfulness, free from worries about the past and future. We enjoy life as we live it right now. In his signature gentle and clear style, Nhat Hanh reminds us that our appointment with life is in this very moment, and there is nothing that needs to get in our way. This revised edition features a new introduction by the author.

Our Appointment with Life: Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone, Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, Paperback, 70 Pages, 2013, $15.95

Thich Nhat Hanh has survived three wars, persecution, and more than thirty years of exile. A Buddhist monk, he is the master of a temple in Vietnam, the lineage of which is traceable across two centuries to the Buddha himself. Hanh has written more than 100 books of poetry, fiction and philosophy, wit over a million copies in print. He live in France and Vermont, He is the author of Living Buddha, Living Christ and Anger.