Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.
THICH NHAT HANHThe Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.
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Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
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Smile, breathe and go slowly.
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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
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We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
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Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.
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Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.
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In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.
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Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
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Be part of the miraculous moment.
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We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.
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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
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The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
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Be angry, it’s okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.
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People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
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