Posts Tagged ‘Thich Nhat Hanh’

No Death, No Fear

by Ben Kimball

Thich Nhat Hanh's 2003 book No Death, No Fear is another in a long series of spiritual classics by the Buddhist monk. I have nothing negative to say about this book and can only offer four passages that show the essence of this book. There's a very funny story in the sutras. A woman left [...]

6 questions we always ask — Scott Muskin, author

by Jodi Chromey

It’s probably not cool to admit this, but I don’t care. I am going to read Scott Muskin’s debut novel The Annunciation of Hank Meyerson, Mama’s Boy and Scholar based solely on his answers to these six questions (before it was based solely on the intriguing title). Anyone who is reading Philip Roth, pondering being [...]

True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart

by Ben Kimball

Thich Nhat Hanh's 1997 book True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart is a very short and physically small book (the book only has 108 pages and is a little larger than an index card). The book's physical size is no indication of the breadth of knowledge and thought contained between the covers. Instead, one can [...]

6 questions we always ask — Ben Kimball

by Jodi Chromey

Ben Kimball is a father of two who works full-time, recently graduated from Augsburg with a degree in Theology (I think), and will start Luther Seminary in the fall (which is next week, I guess). Yeah. Besides doing all that, he’s also made it his goal to read the 1001 books you must read before [...]