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008			120531s1991 nyu 000 0 eng
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020			_a9780553351392
050	0	0	_aBQ5410 _b.N46 1991
082	0	0	_a294.3 NHA
100	0		_aNhat Hanh, Thich
245	1	0	_aPeace is every step _b: the path of mindfulness in everyday life _c/ Thich Nhat Hanh ; edited by Arnold Kotler
260			_aNew York, N.Y. _b: Bantam Books _c, c1991.
300			_axv, 134 p. _c; 22 cm.
520			_a``Next time you are caught in a traffic jam . . . sit back and smile . . . a smile of compassion and loving kindness.'' While such sappy Zen advice from a Buddhist monk, a Vietnamese resident in France following his exile in 1966, could send Western seekers of enlightenment into overdrive, fortunately most of the suggestions offered in this slim guidebook are of more substance. In a series of vignettes and short passages, e.g., ``Cooking Our Potatoes,'' Nhat Hanh outlines techniques for living mindfullly, that is, in the present. Emphasizing that all things are interconnected on personal and political levels, he notes, for example, that the wealth of one society is based on the poverty of others. This book of illuminating reminders bids us to reorient the way we look at the world, turning away from a goal-driven, me-first modality toward a humanitarian perspective.
650		4	_aReligious life _x-Buddhism
700	1		_aKotler, Arnold
942			_cMO
999			_c255072 _d255072