Showing posts with label Thích Nhất Hạnh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thích Nhất Hạnh. Show all posts

Thursday, 29 October 2015

Thích Nhất Hạnh 2

If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire

The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.

Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

In true love, you attain freedom

The true miracle is not walking on water or walking in air, but simply walking on this earth

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful

At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it

Breathing in, there is only the present moment.Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change

Only the present moment contains life

Saturday, 17 October 2015

Thích Nhất Hạnh 1

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering.Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Letting go gives us freedom,and freedom is the only condition for happiness.If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear.If we believe that tomorrow will be better,we can bear a hardship today.

If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her,that is not true love.

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.

Life is available only in the present moment

We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.

If you love someone,the greatest gift you can give them is your presence

Compassion is a verb

Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos — the trees, the clouds, everything