A Buddhist teacher shares his principles and techniques of guided meditation, offering exercises that enhance joy in life, heal loneliness, and provide heightened awareness and insight. An updated edition of a primer on guided meditation draws on the Zen masters extensive experience and is comprised of instructive spiritual exercises, in a reference that shares five new meditations and reveals the potential benefits of practicing mindfulness. Original. Companion volume to the best-selling The Miracle of Mindfulness One of the world’s great meditation teachers offers guided exercises that will bring both beginning and experienced practitioners into closer touch with their bodies, their inner selves, their families, and the world. In this revised edition of the classic text, five new meditations show readers how mindful consumption and mindful actions can help prevent suffering and water the seeds of compassion; how to be in touch with our Buddha selves; and how to deepen our relationships with our parents. Compassionate and wise, Thich Nhat Hanh’s healing words help us acknowledge and dissolve anger and separation by illuminating the way toward the miracle of mindfulness. Compassionate and wise, Thich Nhat Hanh’s healing words and books have helped millions of people acknowledge and dissolve anger and separation by illuminating the way toward the miracle of mindfulness. In this revised and expanded edition, five new meditations show the reader how mindful consumption and mindful actions can help prevent suffering and water the seeds of compassion; how to be in touch with our Buddha selves; and how to see our parents more deeply.The Blooming of a Lotus—a companion to the best-selling The Miracle of Mindfulness—brings both beginning and experienced practitioners into closer touch with their selves, their families, and the world. One of the worlds great meditation teachers offers thirty-four guided exercises that will bring both beginning and experienced practitioners into closer touch with their bodies, their inner selves, their families, and the world. Compassionate and wise, Thich Nhat Hanhs healing words help us acknowledge and dissolve anger and separation by illuminating the way toward the miracle of mindfulness.