Nhat Hanh Quotes about Reality

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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

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.

Nhat Hanh

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

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

Nhat Hanh

Reality, Meditation, Encounters

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

We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.

Nhat Hanh

Reality, Order, Understanding

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

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

Nhat Hanh

Peace, Truth, Reality

Thich Nhat Hanh (2016). “The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition”, p.52, Beacon Press

Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.

Nhat Hanh

Reality, Mind, Birth

The fact that I am standing there and washing bowls is a wondrous reality. I'm being completely myself, following my breath, conscious of my presence, and conscious of my thoughts and actions.

Nhat Hanh

Reality, Facts, Action

Various, Ledi Sayadaw, Bhikkhu Khantipalo, Nyanaponika Thera, Padmasiri de Silva (2012). “Collected Wheel Publications Volume XVI: Numbers 231–247”, p.66, Buddhist Publication Society

Reality is reality. It transcends every concept. There is no concept which can adequately describe it, not even the concept of interdependence.

Nhat Hanh

Reality, Interdependence, Concepts

Thich Nhat Hanh (2016). “The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition”, p.56, Beacon Press

When you enter deeply into this moment, you see the nature of reality, and this insight liberates you from suffering and confusion. Peace is already there to some extent: the problem is whether we know how to touch it.

Nhat Hanh

Peace, Nature, Reality

Nhất Hạnh (Thích.), Thich Nhat Hanh (1997). “Living Buddha, Living Christ”, Riverhead Trade (Paperbacks)

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. A pessimistic attitude can never create the calm and serene smile which blossoms on the lips of Bodhisattvas and all those who obtain the way.

Nhat Hanh

Attitude, Reality, Thinking

"The Miracle of Mindfulness". Book by Thich Nhat Hanh, 1999.

Machine thinking is the opposite of mindfulness. If we're really engaged in mindfulness when walking along the path to the village, then we will consider the act of each step we take as an infinite wonder, and a joy will open our hearts like a flower, enabling us to enter the world of reality.

Nhat Hanh

Flower, Heart, Reality

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.

Nhat Hanh

Reality, Perfection, Mind

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

Nhat Hanh

Mean, Eye, Reality

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

I know that we do not know enough. We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.

Nhat Hanh

Reality, Order, Understanding

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.