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One 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…
- You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take care of your own garden and master the…
- True love always brings joy to ourself and the one we love. If our love does not bring joy to both of us, it is…
- No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.
- Be mindful 24 hours a day, not just during the one hour you may allot for formal meditation or reading scripture and reciting prayers. Each…
- We have to understand in order to be of help. We all have pain, but we tend to suppress it, because we don't want it…
- Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. You listen with…
- To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides. If we take sides, it is impossible to do…
- One hour of compassionate deep listening can bring about transformation and healing.
- There are two ways to wash the dishes. One way is to wash them to get them clean. The other way is to wash them…
- Understanding and Love are not two separate things, but just one. To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the…
- When we live in the spirit of gratitude, there will be much happiness in our life. The one who is grateful is the one who…
- 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…
- Every one of us needs a home. The world needs a home. There are so many young people who are homeless. They may have a…
- "I am breathing in and liberating my mind. I am breathing out and liberating my mind." One practices like this.
- We fear that this moment will end, that we won't get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will…
- You practice mindfulness, on the one hand, to be calm and peaceful. On the other hand, as you practice mindfulness and live a life of…
- When someone does not know how to handle his own suffering, one allows it to spill all over the people around him or her. When…
- A bodhisattva is someone who has compassion within himself or herself and who is able to make another person smile or help someone suffer less.…
- People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena. To see one in all and all in…
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