Meditation Quotes by Nhat Hanh

Meditation is not to get out of society, to escape from society, but to prepare for a reentery into society.

— Nhat Hanh

Meditation is not an escape from life... but preparation for really being in life.

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We try many ways to be awake, but our society still keeps us forgetful. Meditation is to help us remember.

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With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that…

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Every step taken in mindfulness brings us one step closer to healing ourselves and the planet.

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Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.

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Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.

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Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.

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Meditation is, first of all, a tool for surveying our territory so we can know what is going on. With the energy…

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You who are journalists, writers, citizens, you have the right and duty to say to those you have elected that they must…

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Many of us worry about the situation of the world . . . We need to remain calm, to see clearly. Meditation…

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Walk so that your footprints bear only the marks of peaceful joy and complete freedom. To do this you have to learn…

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I do many kinds of work, and if you forbid me from binding books, from gardening, from writing poetry, from practicing walking…

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Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on. Once there is…

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The practice of Zen is to eat, breathe, cook, carry water, and scrub the toilet — to infuse every act of body,…

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In Buddhism, we talk of meditation as an act of awakening, to be awake to the fact that the earth is in…

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Meditation is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, in our feelings, in our minds, and in…

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There are so many things that can provide us with peace. Next time you take a shower or a bath, I suggest…

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If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on…

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Our role as gardeners is to choose, plant and tend the best seeds within the garden of our consciousness. Learning to look…

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We should be able to bring the practice of meditation hall into our daily lives. We need to discuss among ourselves how…

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There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or fighting it. You recognize it, you smile to it, and…

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To meditate does not mean to fight with a problem. To meditate means to observe. Your smile proves it. It proves that…

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When you climb a ladder and arrive on the sixth step and you think that is the highest, then you cannot come…

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Every path, every street in the world is your walking meditation path.

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Meditation is to be aware of what is going on in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the…

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Without full awareness of breathing, there can be no development of meditative stability and understanding.

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Don't think you have to be solemn to meditate. To meditate, well, you have to smile a lot.

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Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.

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With a practice, we can always remain alive in the present moment. With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in…

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Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action.…

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To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside…

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Be mindful 24 hours a day, not just during the one hour you may allot for formal meditation or reading scripture and…

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Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice…

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To meditate is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, our feelings our minds, and in the…

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Eating mindfully is a most important practice of meditation. We can eat in a way that we restore the cookie of our…

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In all the practice centers in the tradition of Plum Village whenever the phone rings or the clock chimes in the dining…

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Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all…

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Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises…

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If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a…

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