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9781888375480

Keeping the Peace Mindfulness and Public Service

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  • ISBN13:

    9781888375480

  • ISBN10:

    1888375485

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-08-10
  • Publisher: Parallax Press

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Summary

Keeping the Peacespeaks to all of us who work in difficult, people-oriented jobs and shows us how to turn environments that are often filled with anger, stress, and frustration into islands of peace. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh creates a revolutionary definition of public service that includes all of us. He challenges us to transform the way we think about our work and offers eleven key practices to strengthen our mindfulness and joy.

Based on a retreat for civil servants, Keeping the Peace is the first book of its kind to demonstrate the usefulness of mindfulness practices for law enforcement officers, social workers, teachers, and others in people-helping professions.

With empathy and humor, Thich Nhat Hanh demonstrates the need for public service professionals to cultivate their own inner peace in order to help others. In clear and simple prose, he offers a path for how we can reduce violence in ourselves, our workplace, and ultimately, in our world.

Author Biography

Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most revered Zen teachers in the world today. His best-selling books include Happiness and Peace Is Every Step. He lives in Plum Village in southwest France, where he teaches the art of mindful living.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Cheri Maples
Introduction: Becoming Officers of Peace 1(6)
Section 1: Peace in Ourselves
Being in the Here and Now
7(8)
Workplace Practice: Walking Meditation
12(3)
Working without Stress
15(8)
Workplace Practice: Mindful Breathing
19(4)
Transforming Anger
23(16)
Workplace Practice: Mindful Consumption
31(8)
Section 2: Peace in Our Work Environment
Nourishing a Healthy Work Environment
39(6)
Workplace Practice: Watering Seeds
42(3)
Collective Resources
45(4)
Workplace Practice: The Second Body System
48(1)
Companionship and Community
49(10)
Workplace Practice: Beginning Anew
53(6)
Getting Help
59(8)
Workplace Practice: Right Thought and Right Speech
63(4)
Section 3: Peace in the World
A Safe Place
67(6)
Workplace Practice: A Code of Ethics
71(2)
Cultivating Compassion
73(8)
Workplace Practice: Looking with the Eyes of Compassion
77(4)
Feeding the Hungry Ghosts
81(6)
Workplace Practice: Deep Listening and Loving Speech
85(2)
Bringing the Practice to Others
87(8)
Workplace Practice: Being a Bodhisattva
91(4)
Reducing Violence
95

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