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From Quotes by Nhat Hanh
- Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration.
- May we awaken from the dream that we are different.
- 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 are…
- We inter-breath with the rain forests, we drink from the oceans. They are part of our own body.
- If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words…
- The Noble Eight-Fold Path is the path of living in awareness. Mindfulness is the foundation. By practicing mindfulness, you can develop concentration, which enables you…
- We must look deeply. When we buy something or consume something, we may be participating in an act of killing. This precept [non-killing] reflects our…
- There may be a time when a country will have to wake up from a vision of happiness, when they have to realize that theirs…
- Anger and hatred are the materials from which hell is made.
- Meditation is not to get out of society, to escape from society, but to prepare for a reentery into society.
- It is best if we do not listen to or look at the person whom we consider to be the cause of our anger. Like…
- Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath. Breathe…
- Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment.…
- I hold my face in my two hands. No, I am not crying. I hold my face in my two hands to keep the loneliness…
- When we smile, the muscles around our mouth are stretched and relaxed, just like doing yoga. Smiling is mouth yoga. We release the tension from…
- Our mind is the foundation of all our actions, whether they are actions of body, speech, or mind, i.e., thinking. Whatever we think, say, or…
- We must look deeply into the nature of our volition to see whether it is pushing us in the direction of liberation from suffering and…
- Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.
- If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This…
- Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of…
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