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Nhat Hanh Quotes - Page 17

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Our life is a manifestation, and we can very well make that manifestation beautiful and meaningful and have a good influence.

Our life is a manifestation, and we can very well make that manifestation beautiful and meaningful and have a good influence.

Beauty, Beautiful, Meaningful

I am in the present. I don't think of the past. I don't think of the future.

Past, Thinking

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

In the Light of interbeing, peace and happiness in your daily life means peace and happiness in the world.

Inspirational, Life, Positive

Thich Nhat Hanh “Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings”, Orbis Books

Wrong perceptions cannot be removed by guns and bombs. They should be removed by deep listening, compassionate listening, and loving space.

Gun, Space, Perception

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

Happiness and suffering support each other. To be is to inter-be. It's like the left and the right. If the left is not there, the right cannot be there. The same is true with suffering and happiness, good and evil.

Evil, Support, Suffering

A real love letter is made of insight, understanding, and compassion. Otherwise it's not a love letter. A true love letter can produce a transformation in the other person, and therefore in the world. But before it produces a transformation in the other person, it has to produce a transformation within us. Some letters may take the whole of our lifetime to write.

Peace, Truth, Real

Thich Nhat Hanh (2011). “Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh: 365 days of practical, powerful teaching s from the beloved Zen teacher”, p.24, Shambhala Publications

If we know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the world.

Beauty, Compassion, Understanding

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.72, ReadHowYouWant.com

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

Inspirational, Life, Change

Beyond environment: falling back in love with Mother Earth" by Jo Confino, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2012.

If we are too busy, if we are carried away every day by our projects, our uncertainty, our craving, how can we have the time to stop and look deeply into the situation-our own situation, the situation of our beloved one, the situation of our family and of our community, and the situation of our nation and of the other nations?

Family, Community, Looks

Thich Nhat Hanh (2003). “Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World”, p.196, Simon and Schuster

If we are free from attachment, we can easily recognize ourselves in other people, in different forms of manifestation, and then we don't have to suffer.

Freedom, 4th Of July, Attachment

Today, you can decide to walk in freedom. You can choose to walk differently. You can walk as a free person, enjoying every step.

Today, Steps, Enjoy

Twitter post from Jan 01, 2015

Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.

Adversity, Love Is, Suffering

Thich Nhat Hanh (1993). “Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change”, p.39, Parallax Press

You accept that this civilisation could be abolished and life will begin later on after a few thousand years because that is something that has happened in the history of this planet. When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair there is no hope.

Years, Despair, Calm

"Zen and the art of protecting the planet" by Jo Confino, www.theguardian.com. August 26, 2010.

When reality is perceived in its nature of ultimate perfection, the practitioner has reached a level of wisdom called non-discrimination mind - a wondrous communion in which there is no longer any distinction made between subject and object.

Reality, Perfection, Mind

Thich Nhat Hanh (1996). “The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation”, p.57, Beacon Press

As you walk, you touch the ground mindfully, and every step can bring you solidity and joy and freedom. Freedom from your regret concerning the past, and freedom from your fear about the future.

Regret, Past, Joy

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us - our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states. That is why the practice of meditation, looking deeply, is so important.

Family, Peace, War

Thich Nhat Hanh (2007). “Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.10, Penguin

When we say, "I take refuge in the Buddha," we should also understand that "The Buddha takes refuge in me," because without the second part the first part is not complete. The Buddha needs us for awakening, understanding, and love to be real things and not just concepts. They must be real things that have real effects on life. Whenever I say, "I take refuge in the Buddha," I hear "the Buddha takes refuge in me."

Real, Understanding, And Love

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.25, ReadHowYouWant.com

If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.

Love, Inspirational, Buddhist

Thich Nhat Hanh (2010). “Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.80, Random House

Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.

Laughter, Flower, Healing

Thich Nhat Hanh “Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings”, Orbis Books

There are so many things that can provide us with peace. Next time you take a shower or a bath, I suggest you hold your big toes in mindfulness. We pay attention to everything except our toes. When we hold our toes in mindfulness and smile at them, we will find that our bodies have been very kind to us. We know that any cell in our toes can turn cancerous, but our toes have been behaving very well, avoiding that kind of problem. Yet, we have not been nice to them at all. These kinds of practices can bring us happiness.

Nice, Cells, Practice

In us, there is a river of feelings, in which every drop of water is a different feeling, and each feeling relies on all the others for its existence. To observe it, we just sit on the bank of the river and identify each feeling as it surfaces, flows by, and disappears.

Rivers, Water, Feelings

Joseph Emet, Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “Mindfulness Meditation: For a Quieter Mind, Self-Awareness and Healthy Living”, p.48, Souvenir Press

Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, including personal contact and visits, images, sounds. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.

Mean, Eye, Reality

"Interbeing with Thich Nhat Hanh: An Interview". Interview with Helen Tworkov, tricycle.org. Summer 1995.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Positive, Uplifting, Hope

If we take something to be the truth, we may cling to it so much that when the truth comes and knocks on our door, we won't want to let it in.

Doors, May, Want

Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra”, p.6, Parallax Press

It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community -a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the earth.

Kindness, Community, Understanding

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