"Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the greatest……" — Robert Thurman

"Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the greatest teachers of our time. He reaches from the heights of insight down to the deepest places of the absolutely ordinary."

— Robert Thurman

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The Buddhists think that, because we've all had infinite previous lives, we've all been each other's relatives. Therefore all of…
Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal, something we want to…
The worldly person is insane from the point of view of the spiritual person.
Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is…
In the practice of exchanging self & other, paradoxes abound.
The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of…
Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not…
Commercial interests with their advertising industry do not want people to develop contentment and less greed. Military interests in economic,…
To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of…
Those caught in the cycle of self-concern suffer helplessly, while the compassionate are more free and, implicitly, more happy.
To become enlightened is not just to slip into some disconnected euphoria, an oceanic feeling of mystic oneness apart from…
Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be;…

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