Our joy, peace and happiness depend very much on our practice of recognizing and transforming habit energies. There are positive habit energies… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The joy of life is born of concentration. When you are having a cup of tea, the value of that experience depends… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Walk so that your footprints bear only the marks of peaceful joy and complete freedom. To do this you have to learn… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we smile, the muscles around our mouth are stretched and relaxed, just like doing yoga. Smiling is mouth yoga. We release… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Eating mindfully is a most important practice of meditation. We can eat in a way that we restore the cookie of our… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When you understand the roots of anger in yourself and in the other, your mind will enjoy true peace, joy and lightness — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
True love always brings joy to ourself and the one we love. If our love does not bring joy to both of… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The teachings on love given by the Buddha are clear, scientific, and applicable... Love, compassion, joy, and equanimity are the very nature… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Are we treating our body kindly by the way we eat, by the way we drink, by the way we work? Are… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Our appointment with life is in the present moment. If we do not have peace and joy right now, when will we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Dealing with our overweight - or with any of our life's difficulties, for that matter - is not a battle to be… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, we speak of touching Nirvana with our own body, In Christianity, you can also touch the Kingdom of God with… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The 7 factors of enlightenment: mindfullness, investigation of mental objects, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration and equanimity. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
And once we have the condition of peace and joy in us, we can afford to be in any situation. Even in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Wisdom and joy arise when you learn to exist now rather than in the nonexistent past or future. — 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
The Noble Eight-Fold Path is the path of living in awareness. Mindfulness is the foundation. By practicing mindfulness, you can develop concentration,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
As you walk, you touch the ground mindfully, and every step can bring you solidity and joy and freedom. Freedom from your… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The necessary condition for the existence of peace and joy is the awareness that peace and joy are available. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I am committed to cultivating loving speech and deep listening in order to bring joy and happiness to others and relieve others… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Peace in every step. The shining red sun is my heart. Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
No thought about the past or future can pull you away from your present peace and joy. The universe exists in this… — 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
