Buddha Mind, Buddha Body expands upon the themes in Thich Nhat Hanh's book Understanding Our Mind. It opens with the question: Is free will possible? This concept becomes a leitmotif as the author considers how the mind functions and how we can work with it to cultivate more freedom and understanding, how to be in closer touch with reality, and how to create the conditions for our own happiness. Hanh discusses the connection between psychology, neuroscience, and meditation. He describes the importance of creativity and visualization in a successful meditation practice, presents basic Buddhist practices (particularly walking and sitting meditation), and writes movingly about the importance of brotherhood and sisterhood in finding love, happiness, and harmonious coexistence with others. Punctuated with memorable stories from the life of the Buddha as well as anecdotes and observations from his own life, Buddha Mind, Buddha Body conveys powerful life lessons in Hanh's deceptively light, humorous style.

Buddha Mind, Buddha Body: Walking Toward Enlightenment , Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, Paperback, 2007, 146 Pages, $14.95

Born in Hue, Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh is a Buddhist monk, poet, scholar, and human rights activist. In 1967, he was nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for the Nobel Prize. He is author of more than one hundred books, sixty in English, including Being Peace, The Energy of Prayer, and Present Moment Wonderful Moment. He lives at Plum Village, his meditation center in France, and travels worldwide, leading retreats on the art of meditation.

	Contents: Buddha Mind, Buddha Body
	Foreword by Sylvia Boorstein	vii
	Chapter 1: Two Feet, One Mind	1
	Chapter 2: How the Mind Works	5
	Chapter 3: Finding Your Mind	17
	Chapter 4: The River of Consciousness	31
	Chapter 5: Perception and Reality	47
	Chapter 6: Your Chance for FreeWill	67
	Chapter 7: The Habit of Happiness	85
	Chapter 8: Walking with Buddha's Feet	103
	Chapter 9: Exercises for Nourishing Buddha Body and Mind	121
	Walking Meditation	121
	Touching the Earth	124
	Deep Relaxation	132
	Appendix A: The Verses on the Characteristics of the Eight Consciousnesses	137
	Appendix B: The Fifty-one Mental Formations	143