There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus. Nhat Hanh More Quotes by Nhat Hanh More Quotes From Nhat Hanh When we have anger in us, we suffer. When we have discrimination in us, we suffer. When we have the complex of superiority, we suffer. When we have the complex of inferiority, we suffer also. So when we are capable of transforming these negative things in us, we are free and happiness is possible. Nhat Hanh inferiority suffering negative Hatred and fear blind us. We no longer see each other. We see only the faces of monsters, and that gives us the courage to destroy each other. Nhat Hanh hatred courage giving In us, there is a river of feelings, in which every drop of water is a different feeling, and each feeling relies on all the others for its existence. To observe it, we just sit on the bank of the river and identify each feeling as it surfaces, flows by, and disappears. Nhat Hanh feelings rivers water It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not. Nhat Hanh impermanence permanent suffering Only your compassion and your loving kindness are invincible, and without limit. Nhat Hanh kindness inspirational love Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing. Nhat Hanh change inspirational life Smile, breathe and go slowly. Nhat Hanh positivity inspirational life Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. All systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth. Nhat Hanh buddhist truth god Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful. Nhat Hanh smile beautiful beauty Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. With mindfulness, we know what to do and what not to do to help. Nhat Hanh buddhist vision meditation The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water. Nhat Hanh lovely inspiring water In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves. Nhat Hanh change inspirational life Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes. Nhat Hanh yoga home happiness Life is filled with suffering, but it is also filled with many wonders, like the blue sky, the sunshine, the eyes of a baby. To suffer is not enough. We must also be in touch with the wonders of life. They are within us and all around us, everywhere, any time. Nhat Hanh sunshine eye baby To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now. Nhat Hanh appreciate time water A bodhisattva is someone who has compassion within himself or herself and who is able to make another person smile or help someone suffer less. Every one of us is capable of this. Nhat Hanh able compassion suffering Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves. Nhat Hanh miracle mindfulness healing Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work. Nhat Hanh change inspirational life The more compassionate you are, the more generous you can be. The more generous you are, the move loving friendliness you cultivate to help the world. Nhat Hanh compassion world moving The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put ourselves "inside the skin" of the other. We "go inside" their body, feelings, and mental formations, and witness for ourselves their suffering. Shallow observation as an outsider is not enough to see their suffering. We must become one with the subject of our observation. When we are in contact with another's suffering, a feeling of compassion is born in us. Compassion means, literally, "to suffer with." Nhat Hanh buddhist love mean
