Developed in Plum Village, Thich Nhat Hanh's community in France, Plum Village Chanting and Recitation Book brings together traditional and new Buddhist chants and recitations for daily spiritual practice and for such occasions as blessing a meal, celebrating a wedding, comforting the sick, and remembering the deceased. It includes more than twenty discourses comprising some of the most fundamental teachings of the Buddha and his enlightened students, including the Heart Sutra, the Discourse on Mindfulness of Breathing, the Discourse on Happiness, the Discourse on Taking Refuge in Oneself, and the Discourse on Love. This book is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to celebrate life and practice the art of mindful living.

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Zen monk, poet, and peacemaker. He has taught four generations of monks and nuns in Vietnam and in the West, as well as thousands of lay practitioners. He cofounded the An Quang Buddhist Institute and the Van Hanh Buddhist University in Vietnam, and studied and taught at Columbia and Princeton Universities, and the Sorbonne. He lives in Plum Village, a Buddhist training monastery he founded near Bordeaux, and travels worldwide lecturing and leading retreats on the art of mindful living.