{"product_id":"the-energy-of-prayer-how-to-deepen-your-spiritual-practice-by-thich-nhat-hanh-larry-dossey","title":"The Energy of Prayer: How to Deepen Your Spiritual Practice by Thich Nhat Hanh, Larry Dossey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\\WHY DO WE PRAY? Thich Nhat Hanh explores the power of prayer in Buddhist and other spiritual traditions—re-envisioning it as an inclusive practice that creates healthy lives through awareness and intention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLife’s fast pace leaves little room for reflection and attention to the present moment. To seek relief from stress and pain, we often turn to consuming in order to forget our suffering, but we soon find that material wealth is not enough to bring true happiness, and always leaves us searching for something more. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Energy of Prayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shows how prayer and meditation can offer a beneficial way to reconnect with ourselves while satisfying the basic human need to make a connection with something larger than our everyday self. Whether used as a daily practice, during times of crisis, or to express gratitude prayer serves many functions, and does not need to be tied to a particular religious or spiritual affiliation to be effective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrayer has played an increasing role in the practice that Thich Nhat Hanh offers to his students. Rather than viewing it as dogmatic obligation, Buddhism views prayer as a form of energy, a way of communicating with one's higher self, one's ancestors, or one’s God. Prayer is redefined not as being about asking some external force for what we need but about creating an internal environment in which it is easier to manifest positive outcomes in our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Energy of Prayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e includes visualization and breathing exercises and concludes with a rich sampling of a broad range of prayers, chants and invocations from the Buddhist tradition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThich Nhat Hanh was a world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist. Born in Vietnam in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than 100 books, which have sold more than four million copies in the United States alone. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace, his teachings on Buddhism as a path to social and political transformation are responsible for bringing the mindfulness movement to Western culture. He established the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in France, now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the heart of a growing community of mindfulness practice centers around the world. 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