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Nhat Hanh Quotes - Page 28

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One Buddha is not enough; we need to have many Buddhas.

One Buddha is not enough; we need to have many Buddhas.

Needs, Enough

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

To condemn someone to death is to surrender; it proves that you failed. You are not able to change him, to change her; you have to kill him or her. You surrender. ... You only demonstrate your lack of capacity, your helplessness. This is failure.

Able, Death Penalty, Surrender

Mindfulness must be engaged. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what's the use of seeing?

Acting, Mindfulness, Use

Thich Nhat Hanh (2010). “Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.91, Random House

When it comes to health and well-being, regular exercise is about as close to a magic potion as you can get.

Motivational, Exercise, Magic

Many Communist government officials have a rigid, dictatorial power, but they live in constant suspicion and fear of anything that might undermine the power they have.

Government, Might, Communist

"The Right Kind of Power". "Beliefnet" Interview, www.beliefnet.com. July 2008.

Buddhism has to do with your daily life, with your suffering and with the suffering of the people around you.

Buddhism, People, Suffering

"In Engaged Buddhism, Peace Begins with You". Interview with John Malkin, www.lionsroar.com. July 1, 2003.

As a population, if a large number of people make even small moves to eat less meat and more plant-based foods, the livestock industry will shrink. Over time, farmers will find other crops to support their livelihoods. Through such collective awakening we can make a difference in our world.

Motivational, Moving, Differences

Without collective awakening the catastrophe will come. I think people in the mass media, journalists, film makers and others, you can contribute to the collective awakening if you are awake and then your life will embody that awakening.

Thinking, Media, People

"The role of journalists and corporates in combating climate change" by Jo Confino, www.theguardian.com. August 26, 2010.

You can practice deep listening in order to relieve the suffering in us, and in the other person. That kind of listening is described as compassionate listening. You listen only for the purpose of relieving suffering in the other person.

Communication, Order, Practice

Maybe we have enough technology to save the planet but it is not enough because the people are not ready.

Technology, People, Enough

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

To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides.

Forgiveness, Party, Suffering

I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry, to fear and to hope. The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death of all that is alive.

Heart, Compassion, Order

Thich Nhat Hanh (2013). “Call Me by My True Names: The Collected Poems”, p.72, Parallax Press

I am you and you are me; it is obvious we inter-are.

Obvious

Look deeply; I arrive in every second to be a bud on a spring branch ... to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.

Spring, Jewels, Bud

There's no way I can be tossed around like a bottle slapped here and there on the waves.

Here And There, Bottles, Way

Thich Nhat Hanh (1996). “The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation”, p.4, Beacon Press

Our walking is not a means to an end. We walk for the sake of walking.

Mean, Sake, Ends

Thich Nhat Hanh, Nguyen Anh-Huong (2006). “Walking Meditation”, p.15, Sounds True

We will not just say, "I love him very much," but instead, "I will do something so that he will suffer less." The mind of compassion is truly present when it is effective in removing another person's suffering.

I Love Him, Compassion, Mind

I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life. We cannot support any act of killing; no killing can be justified. But not to kill is not enough ... If in your thinking you allow the killing to go on, you also break this precept. We must be determined not to condone killing, even in our minds.

Thinking, Support, Mind

Inside every one of us is a garden, and every practitioner has to go back to their garden and take care of it. Maybe in the past, you left in untended for a long time. You should know exactly what is going on in your own garden, and try to put everything in order. Restore the beauty; restore the harmony in your garden. If it is well tended, many people will enjoy your garden.

Garden, Past, Order

Thich Nhat Hanh (2004). “Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions”, p.51, Penguin

The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives -- the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods.

War, Roots, Our Society

Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.86, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

Follow your breathing, dwell mindfully on your steps, and soon you will find your balance.

Breathing, Balance, Steps

Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “Happiness (EasyRead Edition)”, p.17, ReadHowYouWant.com

"I am breathing in and liberating my mind. I am breathing out and liberating my mind." One practices like this.

Practice, Breathing, Mind

Breathe in deeply to bring your mind home to your body. Then look at, or think of, the person triggering this emotion: With mindfulness, you can see that she is unhappy, that she is suffering. You can see her wrong perceptions. You can see that she is not beautiful when she says things that are unkind.

Inspirational, Life, Change

There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.

Christian, Buddhism, Practice

Interview with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. September 19, 2003.

If we are not peaceful, if we are not feeling well in our skin, we cannot demonstrate real peace, and we cannot raise our children well either.

Peace, Children, Real

Thich Nhat Hanh (1993). “Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change”, p.112, Parallax Press

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