My first copy fell apart in the sauna after a few days.
It doesn't get much better then this. I could still use the first copy but I know I will be using this book for many years to come. So I bought a new copy.The practices are so on the money and will help me on my path.
I had to skip the begining of the book because it is the Sutras with all it's repatition as it has been for many centuries before they had it writen down.
Thank you for such a great guide.

Thich Nhat Hanh's structure of how he presents and reviews the suttas of the Pali cannon is very easy to follow and broken down into manageable portions. For a novice Buddhist like myself, I find this format very helpful. So many other discussions on the suttas make my head spin!

In this text, as in others, the sutta in its entirety is presented in the Therevada translation. He then follows this with a section by section explanation of what the sutta means and how to apply it. The last sections of the book include other translations of the sutta, which are quite interesting because you see how these translations change sometimes the meaning of the sutta.

This book is very helpful for beginning meditators as well because it gives you the basics of breathing and how to use your breathing for meditation and contemplation. Once you master one step, the sutta provides you with the next step to take. I am so happy I have found this and the other books by Thich Nhat Hanh. My life is already the better for it.