Thích Nhất Hạnh

Paul Davis

The beauty and joy of monks and nuns at work and play is captured in this inspiring photobook by Paul Davis, with quotes on joy and work from Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. This is a coffee table photo book by professional photographer and Thich Nhat Hanh student Paul Davis. In candid photos from around the world, Davis captures the joy of the present moment experienced by monks and nuns of all ages in traditional and unexpected activities and locations. Contains 50 full bleed black-and-white and color photographs.

Zen Monastics at Work and at Play

A Way of Life

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"Many of us consider growing as a kind of increasing, and aging as a kind of decreasing. When we say that humans go from ashes to ashes and from dust to dust it doesn't sound very joyful, because non of us wants to return to dust. But we don't know what dust really is. We value humans more than dust. The reality is that dust is something very wonderful. Every atom of matter is a vast mystery.
Be humble; you are made of dust. Be noble; you are made of stars. " 

A combination of photographs that takes you through the spiritual and heartfelt journey of Paul Davis to Vietnam and his search for peace and the meaning of life with quotes from his mentor Thach Naht Hahn throughout the book .

i found this book to be quiet insightful on the monks's simple way of living, their peaceful moments, working together as a community, and even their happy and silly ways in life that left me smiling while reading it, each and every photo had a story that left me thinking and delivered an emotion no matter if it's an artistically beautiful photograph or even the ones that were randomly captured with no strict ratios and rules to contain and make then called art, and i think that's the whole purpose behind this book that it's all in the moment's and importance of capturing it.

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A Way of Life Zen Monastics at Work and at Play

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