Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that it is just to sit down and enjoy the calm and peace, is wrong. Nhat Hanh More Quotes by Nhat Hanh More Quotes From Nhat Hanh If you do not give right attention to the one you love, it is a kind of killing. When you are in the car together, if you are lost in your thoughts, assuming you already know everything about her, she will slowly die. Nhat Hanh carlovegiving Love doesn't have any color. Other people may discriminate against us, but what is more important is whether we discriminate against them. If we don't do that, we are a happier person, and as a happier person, we are in a position to help. And anger, this is not a help. Nhat Hanh colorimportantpeople Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge. Nhat Hanh understandingwisdommean The miracle is not to walk on water, or in the air, or on burning charcoal. The miracle is to walk on earth. You breathe in, you become aware of the fact that you are alive. You are alive and you are walking on this beautiful planet. The greatest of of all miracles is to be alive. Nhat Hanh yogaairbeautiful Breathe and you dwell in the here and now, breath and you see impermanence is life. Nhat Hanh here-and-nowbreatheyoga No single tradition monopolizes the truth. We must glean the best values of all traditions and work together to remove the tensions between traditions in order to give peace a chance. Nhat Hanh diversitygivingorder The purpose of a vacation is to have the time to rest. But many of us, even when we go on vacation, don't know how to rest. We may even come back more tired than before we left. Nhat Hanh vacationtiredpurpose Tolerance and tranquility are two characteristics of true love. Nhat Hanh tranquilitytolerancetwo A human being is like a television set with millions of channels.... We cannot let just one channel dominate us. We have the seed of everything in us, and we have to recover our own sovereignty. Nhat Hanh sovereigntyhumanstelevision If we take the time to look deeply, we see that understanding and compassion arise from suffering. Understanding is the understanding of suffering, and compassion is the kind of energy that can transform suffering. If suffering is not there, we have no means to cultivate our understanding and our compassion. This is something quite simple to see Nhat Hanh compassionsimplemean We all need a place that is safe and wholesome enough for us to return for refuge. In Buddhism, that refuge is mindfulness. Nhat Hanh buddhismreturnsafe The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. Nhat Hanh precious-giftsmindfulnessfriendship Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. You listen with only one purpose: to help him or her to empty his heart. Nhat Hanh empathylisteningheart Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity. Nhat Hanh changeinspirationallife You accept that this civilisation could be abolished and life will begin later on after a few thousand years because that is something that has happened in the history of this planet. When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair there is no hope. Nhat Hanh calmdespairyears While washing dishes one should be washing the dishes, which means that while washing the dishes one should be completely aware of the fact that one is washing dishes. Nhat Hanh shouldmeanfacts When we live in the spirit of gratitude, there will be much happiness in our life. The one who is grateful is the one who has much happiness while the one who is ungrateful will not be able to have happiness. Nhat Hanh gratitudegratefulhappiness May we awaken from forgetfulness and realize our true home. Nhat Hanh realizinghomemay Life is only available in the present moment. Nhat Hanh availablemomentslife-is Each second of life is a miracle Nhat Hanh miraclelife-is
