“If you want to know your own mind, there is only one way: to observe and recognize everything about it. This must be done at all times, during your day-to-day life no less than during the hour of meditation.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.comTagged: mindfulness, meditation
“Everyone we cherish will, someday, get sick and die. If we do not practice the meditation on emptiness, when those things happen, we will be overwhelmed. Concentration on emptiness is a way of staying in touch with life as it is, but it has to be practiced, not just talked about.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.comTagged: Death, sickness, Concentration, Emptiness, mindfulness
“We observe our body and see all the causes and conditions that have brought it to be—our parents, our country, the air, and even future generations. We go beyond time and space, me and mine, and taste true liberation.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.comTagged: Body, Time, Space, Transcendence
“When we eat and breathe properly, we nourish our blood, our body, and our spirit. We should select what we eat carefully and chew our food very well.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.comTagged: eating, breathing, Spirit
“We need to strengthen our foundation of joy and happiness before focusing on our suffering.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.comTagged: Joy, Happiness, Suffering
“Understanding and wisdom don’t come from thinking and reasoning, but from direct experience.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.comTagged: Understanding, Wisdom, Thinking, reasoning, direct experience
“Compassion can be as powerful as thunder.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.comTagged: Compassion, Powerful, thunder
“If you are suffering during meditation, your practice is not correct. Practice should be enjoyable and pleasant. It should be full of joy.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.comTagged: Suffering, meditation, Joy
“Sit just to enjoy your sitting; you don't need to attain any goal. Each moment of sitting meditation brings you back to life.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.comTagged: sitting, meditation, mindfulness
“When conditions are sufficient, a cloud transforms into rain, snow, or hail. The cloud has never been born and it will never die. This insight of signlessness and interbeing helps us recognize that all lives continue in different forms.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.comTagged: cloud, Rain, Snow, hail, mindfulness
“If you have a breathing room, you have a sanctuary, a place where you can return to yourself and restore your sense of peace.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.comTagged: breathing, Sanctuary, Peace
“Breathing in, breathing out,I am blooming as a flower, I am fresh as the dew.I am solid as a mountain, I am firm as the earth,I am free.”— Thich Nhat Hanh, twitter.comTagged: breathing, affirmations, Flower, Mountain