In Cultivating the Mind of Love, Thích Nhất Hạnh shares a most unusual Dharma teaching: the story of his first love.

He pairs these heartfelt moments in his own life with insightful commentaries on classic Buddhist teaching including the Diamond, Lotus, and Avatamsaka Sutras.

With masterful simplicity and clarity, he shows ways to cultivate our own “mind of love” and allows readers to experience and to appreciate what is human and wonderful in all of us.

Cultivating the Mind of Love

Author: Thích Nhất Hạnh

Published: February 9, 2004

In Cultivating the Mind of Love, Thích Nhất Hạnh shares a most unusual Dharma teaching: the story of his first love.

He pairs these heartfelt moments in his own life with insightful commentaries on classic Buddhist teaching including the Diamond, Lotus, and Avatamsaka Sutras.

With masterful simplicity and clarity, he shows ways to cultivate our own “mind of love” and allows readers to experience and to appreciate what is human and wonderful in all of us.

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