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Nhat Hanh Quotes about Past

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Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just

Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.

Moving, Past, People

Thich Nhat Hanh, Sherab Chodzin Kohn (2012). “You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment”, p.8, Shambhala Publications

Wisdom and joy arise when you learn to exist now rather than in the nonexistent past or future.

Past, Joy, Arise

I will practice coming back to the present moment...not letting regrets and sorrow drag me back into the past or letting anxieties, fears, or cravings pull me out.

Regret, Past, Practice

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

Past, Live In The Moment, Mindfulness

Twitter post from Aug 09, 2016

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

If you have a friend who suffers, you have to help him.«My dear friend, you are on safe ground. Everything is okay now. Why do you continue to suffer? Don't go back to the past. It's only a ghost; it's unreal». And whenever we recognize that these are only movies and pictures, not reality, we are free. That is the practice of mindfulness.

Movie, Friends, Past

If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything. When a child presents himself to you with his smile, if you are not really there - thinking about the future or the past, or preoccupied with other problems - then the child is not really there for you. The technique of being alive is to go back to yourself in order for the child to appear like a marvellous reality. Then you can see him smile and you can embrace him in your arms.

Buddhist, Children, Past

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask why don't I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden and they abandon their values.

Beautiful, Past, Garden

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

Suppose you are drinking a cup of tea. When you hold your cup, you may like to breathe in, to bring your mind back to your body, and you become fully present. And when you are truly there, something else is also there - life, represented by the cup of tea. In that moment you are real, and the cup of tea is real. You are not lost in the past, in the future, in your projects, in your worries. You are free from all of these afflictions. And in that state of being free, you enjoy your tea. That is the moment of happiness, and of peace.

Real, Drinking, Past

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

No thought about the past or future can pull you away from your present peace and joy. The universe exists in this present moment. No desire can pull you away from this present peace, not even the desire to become a Buddha or the desire to save all beings. Know that to become a Buddha and to save all beings can only be realized on the foundation of the pure peace of the present moment.

Peace, Future, Past

Various, Ledi Sayadaw, Bhikkhu Khantipalo, Nyanaponika Thera, Padmasiri de Silva (2012). “Collected Wheel Publications Volume XVI: Numbers 231–247”, p.109, Buddhist Publication Society

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.

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.

By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better & prepare for a better future.

Past, Moments, Better Future

Each minute we spend worrying about the future and regretting the past is a minute we miss in our appointment with life - a missed opportunity to engage life and to see that each moment gives us the chance to change for the better, to experience peace and joy.

Motivational, Regret, Past

Thich Nhat Hanh, Lilian Cheung (2010). “Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life”, p.2, Harper Collins

Usually, people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There is some kind of energy that is pushing them to run, and they are not able to establish themselves in the present moment.

Running, Regret, Past

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

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