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Mean Quotes by Nhat Hanh
- The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put ourselves "inside the…
- 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…
- In the Light of interbeing, peace and happiness in your daily life means peace and happiness in the world.
- Reconciliation is a deep practice that we can do with our listening and our mindful speech. To reconcile means to bring peace and happiness to…
- Survival means the survival of human kind as a whole, not just a part of it. If the South cannot survive, then the North is…
- 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…
- To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you…
- To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for the future. The idea is…
- Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.
- The problem is whether we are determined to go in the direction of compassion or not. If we are, then can we reduce the suffering…
- Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of…
- To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
- Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.
- Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as…
- Your breathing should flow gracefully, like a river, like a watersnake crossing the water, and not like a chain of rugged mountains or the gallop…
- Being vegetarian here also means that we do not consume dairy and egg products, because they are products of the meat industry. If we stop…
- To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus…
- To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
- In April, we cannot see sunflowers in France, so we might say the sunflowers do not exist. But the local farmers have already planted thousands…
- Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. All systems of thought are guiding means; they are…
- Many of us worry about the situation of the world . . . We need to remain calm, to see clearly. Meditation is a means…
- If we are not empty, we become a block of matter. We cannot breathe, we cannot think. To be empty means to be alive, to…
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