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Nhat Hanh Quotes - Page 6

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In each of us is a seed of understanding. The seed is God.

In each of us is a seed of understanding. The seed is God.

Faith, Understanding, Faith In God

The heart of the matter is always our oneness with divine spirit, our union with all life.

Heart, Oneness, Unions

"Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Bell Hooks, www.lionsroar.com. March 24, 2017.

The Three Kinds of Pride are: (1) thinking I am better than the other(s); (2) thinking I am worse than the other(s); and (3) thinking I am just as good as the other(s).

Pride, Thinking, Three

Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation”, p.189, Harmony

People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena. To see one in all and all in one is to break through the great barrier which narrows one's perception of reality.

Cutting, Reality, Break Through

Various, Ledi Sayadaw, Bhikkhu Khantipalo, Nyanaponika Thera, Padmasiri de Silva (2012). “Collected Wheel Publications Volume XVI: Numbers 231–247”, p.90, Buddhist Publication Society

Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.

Spiritual, Attachment, Views

Thich Nhat Hanh (2012). “Path of Compassion: Stories from the Buddha's Life”, p.111, Parallax Press

The present moment contains past and future. The secret of transformation, is in the way we handle this very moment.

Past, Secret, Way

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Understanding Our Mind”, p.226, ReadHowYouWant.com

We all have the seeds of love in us.We can develop this wonderful source of energy, nurturing the unconditional love that does not expect anything in return.

Unconditional Love, Forbidden Love, Energy

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Teachings on Love: Easyread Edition”, p.6, ReadHowYouWant.com

We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we'll also have a lot more joy in living.

Inspirational, Life, Change

"Exclusive Interview With Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 21, 2010.

In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.

Reality, Meditation, Encounters

Thich Nhat Hanh (2016). “The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition”, p.60, Beacon Press

To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living things with the eyes of compassion.

Eye, Compassion, Practice

It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.

Love, Twenties, Movement

FaceBook post by Thich Nhat Hanh from Sep 26, 2014

As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.

Happy, Spiritual, Peace And Happiness

Thich Nhat Hanh (2011). “The Long Road Turns to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation”, p.43, Parallax Press

You are a miracle, and everything you touch could be a miracle.

Miracle

"Being Peace in a World of Trauma". Interview with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. July 14, 2016.

First, let us light the torch of our awareness and learn again how to drink tea, eat, wash dishes, walk, sit, drive, and work in awareness. We do not have to be swept along by circumstances. We are not just a leaf or a log in a rushing river. With awareness, each of our daily acts takes on a new meaning, and we discover that we are more than machines, that our activities are not just mindless repetitions. We find that life is a miracle, the universe is a miracle, and we too are a miracle.

Light, Rivers, Rushing

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

As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.

Beautiful, Believe, Long

Thich Nhat Hanh (2004). “Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World”, p.158, Simon and Schuster

The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.

Fear, Anger, Mean

Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “Calming the Fearful Mind: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.58, ReadHowYouWant.com

Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generatng that kind of energy toward yourself - if you are not capable of taking care of yourself, of nourishing yourself, of protecting yourself - it is very difficult to take care of another person. In the Buddhist teaching, it's clear that to love oneself is the foundation of the love of other people. Love is a practice. Love is truly a practice.

Buddhist, Teaching, Love Is

"This Is The Buddha's Love". Interview with Melvin McLeod, www.pbs.org. June 3, 2010.

Understanding and Love are not two separate things, but just one. To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the eyes of compassion. When you understand, you cannot help but love. And when you love, you naturally act in a way that can relieve the suffering of people.

Love, Buddhist, Eye

Walk so that your footprints bear only the marks of peaceful joy and complete freedom. To do this you have to learn to let go. Let go of your sorrows, let go of your worries. That is the secret of walking meditation.

Happiness, Letting Go, Walking Meditation

People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.

Sacrifice, People, Way

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. March, 2010.

Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. You listen with only one purpose: to help him or her to empty his heart. Even if he says things that are full of wrong perceptions, full of bitterness, you are still capable of continuing to listen with compassion. Because you know that listening like that, you give that person a chance to suffer less.

Heart, Compassion, Giving

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred.

Sacred, Action, Awareness

Thich Nhat Hanh (2006). “The Sun My Heart”, p.17, Parallax Press

Each moment you are alive is a gem. It needs you to breathe gently for the miracles to be displayed.

Inspirational Life, Miracle, Needs

Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “Happiness (EasyRead Edition)”, p.184, ReadHowYouWant.com

If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.

Daily Life, Moments, Abandon

Be part of the miraculous moment.

Miracle, Moments, Miraculous

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