People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
Thich Nhat Hanh (via yogachocolatelove)
Posted 3 months ago
Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use it!
Ram Dass (via yogachocolatelove)
Posted 8 months ago
You are me, and I am you.
Isn’t it obvious that we ‘inter-are’?
You cultivate the flower in yourself, so that I will be beautiful. I transform the garbage in myself, so that you will not have to suffer.
Isn’t it obvious that we ‘inter-are’?
You cultivate the flower in yourself, so that I will be beautiful. I transform the garbage in myself, so that you will not have to suffer.
Thich Nhat Hanh
(via neutroic)
Posted 8 months ago
When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
Thich Nhat Hanh (via narrator-jack)
Posted 8 months ago
When we love someone, we feel strong, we feel powerful. We feel happy because we have found a companion who can understand us. That energy is pure and beautiful. But we need to take care of that energy with mindfulness. If we don’t know how to take care of our love, it can easily turn into suffering. When understanding is there, we know what to do and what not to do to bring happiness and peace to the other person. This is true love. We nourish our understanding by practicing deep listening and loving speech. Without true love, you can’t be happy at all.
When you fall in love without the five spiritual powers [faith, diligence, concentration, mindfulness, insight], you risk depending on another person’s beauty or goodness instead of your own. But if you have mindfulness and concentration, you know how to handle your love, and love will not create suffering in you and your beloved.
Love is an energy. Is it giving rise to more craving, more anxiety and fear? Or does it give us the energy of peace, compassion, and liberation?
Thich Nhat Hanh, from The Art of Power (via smirkingbuddha)
Posted 8 months ago
The mind can go in a thousand directions.
But on this beautiful path, I walk in peace.
With each step, a gentle wind blows.
With each step, a flower blooms.
But on this beautiful path, I walk in peace.
With each step, a gentle wind blows.
With each step, a flower blooms.
Thich Nhat Hanh, a gatha for walking meditation from Buddha Mind, Buddha Body (via smirkingbuddha)
Posted 9 months ago
Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and the spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity.
Albert Einstein (via purpleaggregates)
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