If you get angry easily, it may be because the seed of anger in you has been watered frequently over many years,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take care of your own garden… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice DEEP LOOKING… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Fear is born from ignorance. We think that the other person is trying to take away something from us. But if we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in the world,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have a flash of insight, but it's not strong enough to survive. Therefore in the practice of Buddhism, samadhi is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
It is often said that the Buddha's teaching is only a raft to help you cross the river, a finger pointing to… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Buddhism is in your heart. Even if you don't have any temple or any monks, you can still be a Buddhist in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The Buddha said that if we know how to look deeply into our suffering and recognize what feeds it, we are already… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Without collective awakening the catastrophe will come. I think people in the mass media, journalists, film makers and others, you can contribute… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you find yourself in some difficulty, step aside, and allow Buddha to take your place. The Buddha is in you. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We are often sad and suffer a lot when things change, but change and impermanence have a positive side. Thanks to impermanence,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything. When a child presents himself to you with… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper? ?To be?… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Breathe in and take one step, and focus all your attention on the sole of your foot. If you have not arrived… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Love doesn't have any color. Other people may discriminate against us, but what is more important is whether we discriminate against them.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you establish serenity and happiness inside yourself, you provide the world with a solid base of peace. If you do not… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Survival means the survival of human kind as a whole, not just a part of it. If the South cannot survive, then… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you come to Plum Village in the summertime, you see many lotus flowers. Without the mud the lotus flowers cannot grow.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If we face our unpleasant feelings with care, affection, and nonviolence, we can transform them into a kind of energy that is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Our joy, peace and happiness depend very much on our practice of recognizing and transforming habit energies. There are positive habit energies that we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn't mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Wisdom is a living stream, not an icon to be preserved in a museum. Only when a practitioner finds the spring of wisdom in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We may think of peace as the absence of war, that if the great powers would reduce their weapons arsenals, we could have peace.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you are capable of brushing your teeth in mindfulness, then you will be able to enjoy the time when you take a shower,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If I am incapable of washing dishes joyfully, if I want to finish them quickly so I can go and have dessert, I will… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
