In his first ever book on intimacy and healthy sexuality, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us how to love our partners and nurture our relationships and how to walk the path of love past anger and disappointments while practising gratitude and appreciation.

Written in a lucid style and filled with simple mindfulness exercises, Fidelity: How to Create a Loving Relationship that Lasts is a manual to finding enduring and healthy intimacy in our relationships.

The book, which is a guide to creating loving and lasting relationships, combines Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings with practical mindfulness exercises to practice gratitude and appreciation in nurturing relationships.

Fidelity: How to Create a Loving Relationship That Lasts, Thich Nhat Hanh, Aleph Book Company, Paperback, 112 pages, $11.00

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022) was a Vietnamese Buddhist Zen Master, poet, and peace activist and one of the most revered and influential spiritual teachers in the world. Born in 1926, he became a Zen Buddhist monk at the age of sixteen. His work for peace and reconciliation during the war in Vietnam moved Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. In Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh founded Van Hanh Buddhist University and the School of Youth for Social Service, a corps of Buddhist peace workers. Exiled as a result of his work for peace, he continued his humanitarian efforts, rescuing boat people and helping to resettle refugees. In 1982 he established Plum Village France, the largest Buddhist monastery in Europe and the hub of the international Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. Over seven decades of teaching, he published a hundred books, which have been translated into more than forty languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide.

CONTENTS: Fidelity
Foreword		ix
1.	TRUE LOVE	1
2.	INTIMACY Emotional Intimacy Physical Intimacy Spiritual Intimacy	5
3.	THE ROOTS OF DESIRE Non-fear Craving Habit Energy Complexes Releasing Craving	11
4.	TRANSFORMING LONELINESS AND SUFFERING Attention Appearance Suffering Wrong Views Sovereignty	23
5.	UNDERSTANDING AND FORGIVENESS Deep Listening Forgiveness	37
6.	FOUR KEYS TO HAPPINESS Releasing Our Cows Mindfulness Concentration Insight	45
7.	THE FOUR ELEMENTS OF TRUE LOVE Loving Kindness Compassion Joy Equanimity	53
8.	OUR TRUE VOW Deep Aspiration Awakening to the Buddha Within Full-time Buddha	61
9.	FIDELITY Putting Down Deep Roots The First Root: Faith The Second Root: Practice The Third Root: Community Support Two Gardens Our True Home	67
Sutra on the Net of Sensual Love		76
Practices		81
A Note on the Translation		98