A Rose for Your Pocket
Title | A Rose for Your Pocket PDF eBook |
Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
Publisher | Parallax Press |
Pages | 66 |
Release | 2009-03-01 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1935209248 |
A Rose for Your Pocket is a beautiful prose poem on motherhood by Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. He reminds us of the qualities embodied by our mother and will lead the reader to a new and deeper appreciation of his/her mother whether she is still be alive or has passed away. Thich Nhat Hanh presents the various traditions in which motherhood is celebrated in cultures around the world and shares the story of how his wish to become a monk affected his relationship with his own mother. Previously only available as a staple-bound 14-page booklet, this completely revised and redesigned edition is a combination of the original A Rose for Your Pocket text, with additional material on the role and importance of motherhood based on more recent teachings by Thich Nhat Hanh, a meditation on the "interbeing" of mother and child, as well as the practices of mindfulness and finding our true home. It concludes with instructions for the beautiful Rose Ceremony.
A Rose for Your Pocket
Title | A Rose for Your Pocket PDF eBook |
Author | Nhất Hạnh (Thích.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 14 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780938077084 |
A Rose for Your Pocket is a short, beautifully composed prose poem on motherhood.
A Rose for Your Pocket
Title | A Rose for Your Pocket PDF eBook |
Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
Publisher | Readhowyouwant |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2009-06-03 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9781442996052 |
The thought ''mother'' cannot be separated from that of ''love.'' Without love, a child cannot flower and an adult cannot mature. Without love, we weaken and wither. Thich Nhat Hanh, from A Rose for Your Pocket Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh leads us to a new and deeper appreciation of motherhood. Using Buddhist teachings, recollections of his own mother, and rituals from around the world, Nhat Hanh reveals our deep interconnectedness with our mothers. Full of personal stories of love, struggle, and reconciliation, this book is a gift to treasure.
A Pebble for Your Pocket
Title | A Pebble for Your Pocket PDF eBook |
Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
Publisher | Parallax Press |
Pages | 145 |
Release | 2006-04-09 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1937006069 |
Basic Buddhist teachings presented in an easy, conversational style, comprised of parables and stories from the world-renowned spiritual teacher’s own childhood experiences A significantly expanded edition combining the previous edition with Under the Rose Apple Tree, plus several new stories—over 2 dozen practices for kids and grown-ups to do together Written in a highly accessible style that doesn’t rely on lot of jargon or difficult vocabulary, Thich Nhat Hanh emphasizes the importance of the present moment through vivid metaphors, original allegories, and colorful stories. Young readers will learn about handling anger, living in the present moment, and the interconnectedness of all things. Thich Nhat Hanh offers various practices that children can do on their own or with others that will help them to transform anger or unhappiness. They’ll learn techniques to reconnect to the wonders of nature and the joy of living in the present moment. This revised edition contains teachings and stories that the whole family can benefit from, as well as practices such as transforming anger in the family, instructions on how to invite the bell, breathing and sitting meditation, touching the Buddha inside, and others. These simple teachings on spirituality and awareness provide thought-provoking advice and practices for children to use again and again. Including 10 black & white illustrations by Philippe Ames and Nguyen Thi Hop.
A Rose for Your Pocket
Title | A Rose for Your Pocket PDF eBook |
Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
Publisher | Readhowyouwant |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 2009-06-03 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9781442996007 |
The thought ''mother'' cannot be separated from that of ''love.'' Without love, a child cannot flower and an adult cannot mature. Without love, we weaken and wither. Thich Nhat Hanh, from A Rose for Your Pocket Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh leads us to a new and deeper appreciation of motherhood. Using Buddhist teachings, recollections of his own mother, and rituals from around the world, Nhat Hanh reveals our deep interconnectedness with our mothers. Full of personal stories of love, struggle, and reconciliation, this book is a gift to treasure.
Familiar Flowers of North America
Title | Familiar Flowers of North America PDF eBook |
Author | National Audubon Society |
Publisher | New York : Knopf |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN |
Covers eighty of the most common wildflowers of the East.
The Pocket Bakery
Title | The Pocket Bakery PDF eBook |
Author | Rose Prince |
Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2013-11-28 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 0297869396 |
Beginning as an idea to get her children to earn their pocket money and gain a lifelong skill, Rose Prince, along with daughter Lara and son Jack, began opening up their Battersea home every Saturday morning to sell freshly made bread. Trained in the art of sourdough by guru Giuseppe Mascoli, owner of the famous Franco Manca in Brixton market, the Pocket Bakery has gone from strength to strength, awakening a passion for all things baking-based in Rose and her teenage children. Today, it is a thriving local bakery with a big future that produces quality and delicious artisan baking from brioche loaves in flower pots to scrumptious teatime cakes. In this book they share their easy-to-follow techniques, secrets, and recipes to get everyone baking. Rose Prince started her career working as a chef in the test kitchen of Notting Hill's 'Books for Cooks' alongside Clarissa Dixon Wright. She moved on to report for BBC Radio 4's FOOD PROGRAMME. She is now a respected journalist, with a two food columns in the DAILY TELEGRAPH and has written five best-selling cookery books.