Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #108677 in Books
• Published on: 1996-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 82 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Health Advice Walking for physical health has become this country's most popular exercise. In The Long Road Leads to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation, Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh illuminates the spiritual benefits afforded by walking mindfully. Encouraging his readers to walk with their attention on the present and gently to resist struggling with issues of the past or problems of the future, the author offers short meditative verses and personal observations to facilitate the practice of "walking peacefully." BOMC/One Spirit selection.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Vietnamese

Customer Reviews

Publishers reviews misrepresented content-Nice gift book.
As a long time fan and believer in the words of Thich Nhat Hanh, this book was not what I expected. The editorial and publishers reviews I read on other sites misrepresentated the books actual format and content. I was expecting a real "book" and not a poetic picture book. I expected more in depth writing and not just bits of wise poetry. The book is fine for what it is, as anything that this amazing author writes is very worthy of our time, but from what I had read about it I had been expecting more. It fell short of the publishers reviews but that does not mean it is not a good little book. I ordered it here after I read about it on other sites, and did not see the photo description here on Amazon. Had I seen the cover and been able to look inside, for some reason I was unable to do this when I ordered it here on Amazon?, I wold not have been disappointed and probably not ordered it. It does make a very nice gift book especially to a friend who is not familiar with his writing or someone who is too busy to spend much time reading. Nicely done for what it presents. I gave it the 3stars because of my disappointment.

WELCOME, WONDERFUL, REWARDING REPRINT OF WALKING MEDITATION JUST THE RIGHT SIZE FOR WALKING
You can take it with you.

At the size of a standard photograph, this book is designed to slip easily into your walking pocket to keep you mindful of the mindfulness necessary for walking meditation.

This text now comes in a variety of media, including VHS and DVD, but the Parallax Press reprint is expecially useful and welcome for those actually practicing the prayer of walking meditation.

We are a Pilgrim Church; let us grow most profoundly mindful of the Immanent Presence and Path.

This book is a sheer delight and instruction by the great and prolific monk Thich Nhat Hanh, still in exile from his native Vietnam, nominated by the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, JR. in 1967 for the Nobel Peace Prize and still actively fighting for peace literally with every mindful breath ever since that distant time forty yeares ago.

Christian, Catholic, Muslim or Jew, Hindu or Sikh, this book will do you no harm; it is not a threat to your path but an aid to walking truly and deeply your own path. It brings you to a deeper realization of the path which you truly walk. With this book you cannot go wrong, but ever more right. Read it in peace while you walk. Read it while you walk with your family. Read it and know consciously the path that you walk.

Dante begins his great trilogy announcing that he awoke while walking within a dark woods in the middle of his life, discovering perils on all sides but the path through hell to paradise. By this book may you awaken to your path, and may it lead us all together to the true Paradise which awaits all those who walk in peace and compassion as commanded.

Once upon a time, and still regularly in my parish in Mexico, we Catholics took prayerful walks together in processions, every day in May, in Lent, in Advent (posadas), for the Virgen de Guadalupe, very mindful and prayerful walks meditating the mysteries of our Faith, conscious as here of everything we did upon our walk, deeply mindful. Outside of my small and traditional parish in Mexico we have mostly lost this tradition. We do well to regain it. We begin by this book, remembering how to pray on our feet, like the Israelis escaping Egypt, to pray fully mindful, with all of our hearts and souls, on the run, a Pilgrim Church.

Highly recommended.

Great introduction to meditation...
Thich Nhat Hanh recently spoke to the United States Congress about peace, violence, compassion, and listening. He suggested that members of Congress can find both inner and universal peace through walking meditation, or mindful walking. This tiny book serves as an introduction to this practice. Each page represents an idea, and the first page proclaims "Anyone can do it." Reading on, the book reveals the true simplicity of walking meditation, and validates the claim that "anyone can do it." Controlling one's breath is not the goal, but being aware of one's breath, being aware of the earth and one's feet against it. The book explains how to accomplish this in incredibly easy to understand language. Short stories about the Buddah and Thich Nhat Hanh's experiences with walking meditation, as well as many photos, punctuate the lessons. The book also suggests practical applications for walking meditation: dealing with anger, panic, and helping to find solutions to immediate problems. A great introduction to meditation and the thought of Thich Nhat Hahn.