For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them. Nhat Hanh More Quotes by Nhat Hanh More Quotes From Nhat Hanh If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply. Nhat Hanh abandondaily-lifemoments To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you. Nhat Hanh carehomemean When we change our daily lives - the way we think, speak and act - we change the world. Nhat Hanh actingchangethinking Root out the violence in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully. Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others is possible. Nhat Hanh violencerealroots Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive. Nhat Hanh miraclealivepeople When we are angry, our anger is our very self. To suppress or chase away our anger is to suppress or chase away ourselves. When anger is born, we can be aware that anger is an energy in us, and we can change that energy into another kind of energy. If we want to transform it, first we have to know how to accept it. Nhat Hanh angerenergyself Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment. Nhat Hanh inabilityanxietymoments The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others. Nhat Hanh loving-yourselfmomentshurt In Buddhism, we speak of touching Nirvana with our own body, In Christianity, you can also touch the Kingdom of God with your body, right here and now. it is much safer than placing our hope in the future. If we cling to the idea of hope in the future, we might not notice the peace and joy that are available in the present moment. The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. Nhat Hanh buddhismlifeideas Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home. Nhat Hanh meditationhomemean Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are caught in a belief that happiness should take a particular form. Nhat Hanh opportunitylifeideas I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to fight... I have to deal with my anger with care, with love, with tenderness, with nonviolence. Nhat Hanh buddhistangerfighting We should be able to bring the practice of meditation hall into our daily lives. We need to discuss among ourselves how to do it. Do you practice breathing between phone calls? Do you practice smiling while cutting carrots? Do you practice relaxation after hard hours of work? These are practical questions. If you know how to apply meditation to dinner time, leisure time, sleeping time, it will penetrate your daily life, and it will also have a tremendous effect on social concerns. Nhat Hanh cuttingpracticesleep Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred. Nhat Hanh sacredawarenessaction My actions are my only true belongings. Nhat Hanh buddhisttruthpeace Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out. Nhat Hanh breathingknows To abandon the present in order to look for things in the future is to throw away the substance and hold onto the shadow. Nhat Hanh shadoworderlooks Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace. Nhat Hanh smilehappinesspeace Before you do something to help, your presence already can bring some relief. Nhat Hanh your-presencereliefhelping What you are looking for is already in you...You already are everything you are seeking. Nhat Hanh seeking
