The Stone Boy and Other Stories

The Stone Boy and Other Stories is a collection of ten short fiction stories by the well known Zen monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. These short stories explore Buddhist themes of love and compassion while introducing the reader to the treasures of Vietnamese culture.

The stories in this book were all originally written in Vietnamese and published individually. They were later translated into English by several individuals in collaboration with the author and the book includes additional information and commentary about each story.Thich Nhat Hanh was a world-renowned spiritual teacher and peace activist. Born in Vietnam in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. Over seven decades of teaching, he published more than 100 books, which have sold more than four million copies in the United States alone. Exiled from Vietnam in 1966 for promoting peace, his teachings on Buddhism as a path to social and political transformation are responsible for bringing the mindfulness movement to Western culture. He established the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in France, now the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the heart of a growing community of mindfulness practice centers around the world. He passed away in 2022 at the age of 95 at his root temple, Tu Hieu, in Hue, Vietnam.