How to Eat
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2014
128 pages
978-1-937006-73-0 (ISBN)
Description
How to Eat is part of the Mindfulness Essentials Series by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, illuminating the basics of mindfulness practice. These short meditations cover everything from eating with others and enjoying our food to connecting with the Earth. Nhat Hanh inspires a joyful and sustainable relationship with all aspects of eating, including gardening, food shopping, preparing, serving, and even clearning up after a meal. How to Eat is a welcome reminder that the benefits of mindful eating are both personal and global.
With sumi ink drawings by Jason DeAntonis.
With sumi ink drawings by Jason DeAntonis.
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Thich Nhat Hanh was a world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist. Born in Vietnam in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than 100 books, which have sold more than four million copies in the United States alone. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace, his teachings on Buddhism as a path to social and political transformation are responsible for bringing the mindfulness movement to Western culture. He established the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in France, now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the heart of a growing community of mindfulness practice centers around the world. He passed away in 2022 at the age of 95 at his root temple, Tu Hieu, in Hue, Vietnam.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Notes on Eating
- MINDFUL EATING
- NOTHING COMES FROM NOTHING
- YOUR BODY BELONGS TO THE EARTH
- EATING WITHOUT THINKING
- WAITING WITHOUT WAITING
- SLOWING DOWN
- PAYING ATTENTION TO JUST TWO THINGS
- EACH SPOONFUL CONTAINS THE UNIVERSE
- BREATHING COMES FIRST
- TURNING OFF THE TV
- HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH
- PREPARING A MEAL
- THE KITCHEN
- A KITCHEN ALTAR
- COOKING WITHOUT RUSHING
- PRACTICING PEACE WHILE CHOPPING VEGETABLES
- SETTING THE TABLE
- COOKING WITH JOY
- A GRAIN OF RICE CONTAINS THE UNIVERSE
- COMMUNION
- TAKE YOUR TIME
- AN AMBASSADOR OF THE COSMOS
- CHEW YOUR FOOD, NOT YOUR WORRIES
- NOURISHED BY THE PRACTICE
- FOOD AS MEDICINE
- HEALING
- TURNING OFF THE RADIO
- OUR ANCESTORS ARE IN THE SOIL
- EATING MINDFULLY IS A PRACTICE
- EATING IN SILENCE
- EATING A STRING BEAN
- NOURISHED BY THE PRESENT MOMENT
- HOW THE BUDDHA ATE
- THE VALUE OF A MEAL
- SITTING WHILE YOU EAT
- ONE MINDFUL BREATH
- THE RIGHT AMOUNT
- A SILENT MEAL
- A MEAL AT GOOGLE
- ARRANGING A MEAL
- EATING IS AN ART
- CHOOSING WHAT TO EAT
- A VEGETARIAN DIET
- THE PLANET IS US
- BON APPÉTIT!
- ATTENTION TO WHAT WE EAT
- BOUND BY A HUNDRED STRINGS
- MEDITATION AS FOOD
- WHAT A BABY EATS
- ORGANIZING A MEAL
- EATING AND SMILING
- EATING WITH CHILDREN IN SILENCE
- CULTIVATING COMPASSION
- MINDFUL CONVERSATION AT MEALTIME
- INVITING THE BELL AT MEALTIME
- THE PURPOSE OF BREAKFAST
- A FULL LIFE
- GETTING SUPPORT
- TRULY SEEING
- ENJOYING DISHWASHING
- DISHWASHING AS MEDITATION
- DRINKING A CLOUD
- SNACK MEDITATION
- THE RIGHT AMOUNT
- SNACKING
- EATING OUR FEELINGS
- NOURISHING OURSELVES WITH MINDFULNESS
- MINDFUL CONSUMPTION IS FOR EVERYONE
- THE JOY OF EATING
- Contemplations for Eating
- CONTEMPLATING OUR MEAL
- PRACTICING WITH THE FIVE CONTEMPLATIONS
- THE FIVE CONTEMPLATIONS
- A GIFT OF THE EARTH
- GRATITUDE
- EATING WITH MODERATION
- EATING TO REDUCE SUFFERING
- NURTURING ALL BEINGS
- SIX FOOD CONTEMPLATIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
- SERVING FOOD
- LOOKING AT YOUR PLATE
- BEGINNING TO EAT
- LOOKING AT YOUR EMPTY BOWL
- FINISHING YOUR MEAL
- HOLDING YOUR CUP OF TEA
- BATHING A BABY
- COMPOSTING OUR FOOD SCRAPS
- A WAY OUT
