num_pages: 203
description: The Five Mindfulness Trainings (also referred to as Precepts)not to kill steal commit adultery lie or take intoxicantsare the basic statement of ethics and morality in Buddhism. Zen Master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh argues eloquently for their applicability in our daily lives and on a global scale. Nhat Hanh discusses the value and meaning of each precept offering insights into the role that it could play in our changing society.Thich Nhat Hanh calls the trainings a diet for a mindful society. With this book he offers a Buddhist contribution to the current thinking on how we can come together to define secular moral guidelines that will allow us to explore and sustain a sane compassionate and healthy way of living. The Five Mindfulness Trainings offer a path to restoring meaning and value in our world whether called virtues ethics moral conduct or precepts they are guidelines for living without bringing harm to others.
language: English
title: The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices
publisher: Parallax Press