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There is no armor like perseverance.
Meditation is bringing the mind home.
Learning to live is learning to let go.
Let the sky outside awake a sky inside your mind.
Thich Nhat Hanh writes with the voice of the Buddha.
Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth
The future is very much in our hands--in our actions.
Everything can be used as an invitation to meditation
Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.
Non virtuous behavior brings about unhappiness. Every time.
Don't even think for a moment that you are not going to die.
Sitting like a mountain let your mind rise and fly and soar.
Tomorrow or the next life - which comes first, we never know.
In this complex world, the best way to survive is to be genuine.
Theories are like patches on a coat, one day they just wear off.
The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.
Let your heart go out in spontaneous and immeasurable compassion.
Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.
Your conduct matters a great deal. What’s in your mind matters even more.
As long as we are mindful and aware, no one practice is better than another.
There would be no chance to get to know death at all ...if it happened only once.
There is no way to be in cyclic existence without creating the causes of suffering.
We may idealize freedom, but when it comes to our habits, we are completely enslaved.
What should we "do" with the mind in meditation? Nothing. Just leave it, simply, as it is.
More important than finding the teacher is finding and following the truth of the teaching.
The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime.
Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.
We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.
If one is experiencing poverty, practice ordinary and extreme generosity - this is the antidote.
Even though the meditator may leave the meditation, the meditation will not leave the meditator.
The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.
...we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . .
Our problems, all come from nothing; they are all based on a misunderstanding that does not even exist.
Ideally the ultimate retreat is to retreat from the past and the future to always remain in the present.
Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.
Hate is the last refuge of the ignorant. Love is the medicine. Compassion is the gift of the awakened ones.
This dying forces you to look into yourself. And in this, compassion is the only way. Love is the only way.
The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.
Why, if we are as pragmatic as we claim, don't we begin to ask ourselves seriously: Where does our real future lie?
Whatever we have done with our lives makes us what we are when we die. And everything, absolutely everything, counts.
Respect kindly all religions that teach loving kindness, and have no respect for envy and jealousy. Never follow hate.
When I came to the West, I realized there was much hunger for spiritual teachings, but no environment for spirituality.
Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.
I can't say it strongly enough; to integrate meditation in action is the whole ground and point and purpose of meditation
Ultimately one must abandon the path to enlightenment. If you still define yourself as a Buddhist, you are not a buddha yet.
The whole of meditation practice can be essentialized into these 3 crucial points: Bring your mind home. Release. And relax!
If we develop a good heart we will progress to true compassion, and awaken Bodhicitta. This is the way of the Buddha's method.
Always walk in peace and beauty; in grace and love, speak only truth and you will be blessed. Where we are, let there be light.
Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.
If the mind is not contrived, it is spontaneously blissful, just as water, when not agitated, is by nature transparent and clear.