"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if……" — Nhat Hanh
"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future."
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461 Quotes by Nhat Hanh
Nhat Hanh has 461 quotes on this site.
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Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to…
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The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others,…
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So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we…
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Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice…
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When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even…
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Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generatng that kind…
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In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key. Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing…
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You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take care of your…
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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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Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding…
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Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment.
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With understanding, those we love will certainly flower.
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We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.
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I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world…
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What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all…
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Count the day won, when the earth, turning on its axis, imposes no additional taxes
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It could just be a shift on the axis.
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However, the small probability of a similar encounter [of the earth with a comet], can become very great in adding…
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