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Books on the art of mindful living and Engaged Buddhism. Founded by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. Follow us on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/parallaxpress

09/09/2025

🕊️ A year of mindfulness, one week at a time

The Peace Is This Moment Journal is a year-long companion for mindful living, inspired by the timeless wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh.

With 52 short teachings, weekly practices, and space for personal reflection, this guided journal invites you to slow down, breathe deeply, and discover that true peace is always available—right here, right now.

Whether you’re beginning your practice or looking to deepen it, the Peace Is This Moment Journal offers gentle guidance to help you cultivate clarity, gratitude, and joy throughout the year.

✨ Available now at parallax.org and at your local bookstore.

05/09/2025

✨Celebrating 10 years of Charlotte and the Quiet Place! This beloved book about inner peace has delighted many thousands of readers around the world.

Over the years, Deborah has brought Charlotte to schools across the US, inviting children to draw and write about their quiet places…and their noisy places, too.

Discovering our quiet place within can bring calm and joy to everyday life—at home, in school, and beyond.

📖 Learn more about the book, local events, or how to invite Deborah to your school or community at charlotteandthequietplace.com�

📖 Available at parallax.org and your local bookstore.

02/09/2025

🌱 A guide to mindfulness, one seed at a time
 Mindfulness in the Garden offers simple verses (gathas) to help us be present while tending to the earth. Like cultivating a garden, cultivating mindfulness allows the seeds of compassion, joy, and understanding to bloom.

With a foreword by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and a new afterword by Mick McEvoy of Plum Village’s Happy Farm, this new edition invites us to see that weeds, like challenges, can also be teachers.

✨ Available now at parallax.org and at your local bookstore.

28/08/2025

Thich Nhat Hanh’s classic guidebook for transforming suffering—within and around us—returns, renewed for the next generation.

Building on the beloved Being Peace, Thay offers practical instructions for bringing meditation into daily life, along with timeless teachings on conflict resolution, mindful living, and caring for our planet.

With Touching Peace, Thich Nhat Hanh shares his vision for rebuilding society through compassion, community, and mindful action—reminders as relevant today as ever.

✨ Available now at parallax.org and everywhere books are sold.

22/08/2025

🌊 Calm in the Storm arrives next week! 🌊
We’re so happy to share that on August 26, Calm in the Storm will be released into the world.

In this powerful new book, Zen monk Brother Phap Huu and coach Jo Confino—beloved hosts of The Way Out Is In podcast—offer practical wisdom for staying grounded in turbulent times.

With mindfulness practices, heartfelt stories, and guidance rooted in Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings, Calm in the Storm: Zen Ways to Cultivate Stability in an Anxious World is an invitation to cultivate clarity, compassion, and presence—right when we need them most.

✨ Available August 26 at parallax.org and everywhere books are sold.

20/08/2025

🌿 Breathing together, we remember Dr. Larry Ward (True Great Sound) — teacher, author, and true brother on the path.

Larry was a senior Dharma teacher in the Plum Village tradition of Thích Nhất Hạnh, and co-founder of the Lotus Institute with his wife, Dr. Peggy Rowe-Ward. He invited us to look deeply into the roots of suffering and to embrace the healing power of mindfulness, love, and community.

At Parallax Press, we are honored to continue his voice of clarity, courage, and compassion through his books America’s Racial Karma and Love’s Garden. His teachings, like the sound of a great bell, will keep resonating in our hearts.

With palms joined, we hold Peggy and all who loved Larry in our collective embrace. 🌸

📸 Courtesy of the Lotus Institute

19/08/2025

✨ How to Dream ✨
 The final book in Thich Nhat Hanh’s beloved Mindfulness Essentials series is here.

What is the deepest dream of your heart? 🌱
 Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh shows us how to touch that dream in every moment—so it becomes not a distant goal, but a way of living here and now.

Beautifully illustrated and pocket-sized, How to Dream is a guide to keeping our aspirations alive, for ourselves, our communities, and our planet.

Available now at Parallax.org and everywhere else on August 26.

💭 What dream is nourishing you in this season of your life?

15/08/2025

What moments stayed with you on the trail this summer? 🌿

Perhaps it was the crunch of earth beneath your feet, the quiet breath of trees, or the wide sky above you. Hiking can be a journey both through landscapes and into ourselves.

📖 Hiking Zen offers reflections and practices for walking in mindfulness—where every step is part of the path.

We’d love to hear:
✨ What did your heart notice on your hikes this summer?

09/08/2025

“Freedom from fear of every kind and realization of peace within is the first step towards a peaceful world.”

Today, we celebrate the birthday of beloved teacher and peace activist Satish Kumar. His book Soil, Soul, Society is a gentle manifesto for inner and outer transformation—a call to live in harmony with the Earth, with one another, and with ourselves.

🌿 Happy continuation, dear Satish. May your steps continue to nourish the soil, awaken the soul, and guide society towards peace. Your life is a deep inspiration.

📗 Soil, Soul, Society and 📕 Radical Love are available at parallax.org

29/07/2025

🎤 Lyrical Dharma is out now! ⁣ What happens when hip-hop meets mindfulness?⁣

In this bold and tender new book, artist and meditation teacher Born I invites us into the heart of his lyrics—woven with vulnerability, Buddhist insight, and the healing power of music.⁣

Part memoir, part meditation, part visual tapestry, Lyrical Dharma is a vibrant offering for anyone walking the path of creativity and consciousness.⁣ ⁣ ✨ Illustrations, behind-the-scenes stories, Zen reflections, and a resonant message: You Are Enough.

Now available at Parallax.org and at your local bookstore.

21/07/2025

“The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.” — Joanna Macy ✨

Dear friends,
Our beloved teacher Joanna Macy has continued on.

With deep gratitude and quiet sorrow, we remember her presence, her voice, and her tireless love for the Earth and all beings. A pioneer of deep ecology and engaged Buddhism, Joanna helped us see that grief and love are never far apart—and that from this tender ground, courageous action can grow.

At Parallax Press, we are honored to have collaborated with Joanna on two deep projects of the heart:

📚 World as Lover, World as Self — an invitation to live with courage, clarity, and planetary compassion
📚 Pass It On: Five Stories That Can Change the World — a small, beautiful book that reminds us of our power to inspire one another through simple acts of love and resistance

May we walk gently in her footsteps, breathe with the Earth she so deeply cherished, and carry her teachings into this very moment.

With palms joined,
The Parallax Press Sangha

11/07/2025

Join Zen monastics Brother Phap Luu and Sister Dang Nghiem for a 90-minute mindful walk in Central Park on Saturday, July 19, from 10 AM to noon.

Brother Phap Luu is co-author of Hiking Zen; Sister Dang Nghiem is author of Flowers in the Dark. This is a precious chance to walk mindfully with two beloved teachers and reconnect with the peace of the present moment.
Meet at the Obelisk (near the Met Museum) at 10 AM.
 Please bring your own vegetarian lunch to enjoy together after the walk.
At 1 PM, join us at Corner Bookstore (1313 Madison Ave) for a Hiking Zen presentation and book signing with Brother Phap Luu.

All are warmly welcome. Join the walk register here: https://tinyurl.com/July19Walk

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