The Energy of Prayer, Thich Nhat Hanh
The Energy of Prayer, Thich Nhat Hanh
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The Energy of Prayer
How to Deepen Your Spiritual Practice

Author: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Unabridged: 2 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/31/2015

Synopsis

“The act of praying is not just an empty wish, because behind each prayer there is a practice of mindfulness and concentration.”—Thich Nhat Hanh, from The Energy of PrayerIn this extraordinary celebration of spirituality, The Energy of Prayer demonstrates the relevance of prayer in our daily lives. Thich Nhat Hanh reveals how the energy of prayer and meditation allow us to reconnect with our higher selves while satisfying our basic need to connect with the world as a whole. With a generous spirit that acknowledges the many different types and functions of prayer, The Energy of Prayer provides a guide for deepening our spiritual practice through the use of prayer.Thich Nhat Hanh introduces the reader to several meditation methods that reenvision prayer as an open, inclusive, and accessible practice that helps create healthy lives through the power of awareness and intention. This book includes visualization and breathing exercises, as well as a rich sampling of prayers, chants, and invocations from the Buddhist tradition.

About Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022) was a Vietnamese Zen master, poet, scholar, and peace activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He wrote more than 100 books of poetry, fiction, and philosophy, with over a million copies in print. He survived three wars, persecution, and more than thirty years of exile. He was a Buddhist monk and the master of a temple in Vietnam, the lineage of which is traceable across two centuries to the Buddha himself.

About Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini is a two-time winner of the Audio Publisher Association’s Best Male Narrator Award, a two-time winner of Society of Voice Arts Awards, and was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine in 2019.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kasey

This little book is surprisingly rich--it's the first of Thich Nhat Hanh's I've read, and offers such an expansive view of prayer. It's one of those books I wanted to begin again from page 1 as soon as I finished reading it. Among the heartful and provocative topics I remember (off the top of my hea......more

Goodreads review by Nimue

This is a beautiful little book exploring the idea of prayer from a Buddhist perspective. It includes considerations of why we pray and who we pray to, as well as offering some simple prayers from this tradition. With its emphasis on responsibility for self, Buddhism is in some ways less akin to the......more

Goodreads review by Chrissy

This book answered a ton of questions for me. It gave some really good examples of how you can pray for something and it can appear that you don't have an answer. Or why some prayers appear to be answered and others are not. The explanation gave me a lot of peace of mind. Thich Nhat Hanh also gave a......more

Goodreads review by Paula

Hanh writes a marvel of a book on the effectiveness of prayer both from a Buddhist perspective and a Christian perspective. Quite an achievement. He asks, “Does prayer work?” and “What about the will of God?” The energies of mindfulness, meditation, and Christianity are well presented. There is much......more

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“Hanh has a winning style, nimbly mixing deep philosophy with personal anecdotes and helpful illustrations.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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