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Meditation Quotes by Nhat Hanh

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A calm walk leaves only peaceful footprints, a picture of moving without harming anything. The quotes explain that meditation is about watching thoughts, not fighting them, and staying aware of body, feelings, and the world. They also remind us to pause when a phone rings, keeping the mind present.

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

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

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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 offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.

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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key. Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing the power…

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If you are capable of brushing your teeth in mindfulness, then you will be able to enjoy the time when you take a shower,…

If I am incapable of washing dishes joyfully, if I want to finish them quickly so I can go and have dessert, I will…

When we have anger in us, we suffer. When we have discrimination in us, we suffer. When we have the complex of superiority, we…

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It is best if we do not listen to or look at the person whom we consider to be the cause of our anger.…