True Love

The renowned Zen master and peace activist introduces a Buddhist approach to practicing authentic love in our everyday lives. In this eye-opening guide Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh offers timeless insight into the nature of real love. With simplicity warmth and directness he explores the four key aspects of love as described in the Buddhist tradition: lovingkindness compassion joy and freedom—explaining how to experience them in our day-to-day lives. He also emphasizes that in order to love in a real way we must first learn how to be fully present in our lives and he offers simple techniques from the Buddhist tradition that anyone can use to establish the conditions of love. . Thich Nhat Hanh a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk is an internationally known author poet scholar and peace activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr.