Stepping into Freedom - An Introduction to Buddhist Monastic Training (Paperback, Combined volume)

Religion. Steeeping Into Freedom is a book of guidelines, encouraging words, reminders and poems for novice monks and nuns in the Buddhist tradition. It often Western readers a glimpse of Buddhist monastic life. Based on 400-year-old Chinese texts that have been updated by Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village community, Stepping Into Freedom teaches many basic practices, including conscious breathing, sitting and walking meditation. Thich Nhat Hanh is a poet and Zen Master. He lives in Plum Village, a monastic practice center in southwestern France, and he travels worldwide lecturing and leading retreats on "the art of mindful living."